Siwu language

Siwu is a language that is spoken in the mountainous central part of the Volta Region of Ghana. It belongs to the geographic group of Ghana Togo Mountain languages (traditionally called the Togorestsprachen or Togo Remnant languages) of the Kwa branch of Niger–Congo. The speakers of Siwu call themselves the Mawu and their land Kawu, some of the speakers of Siwu lives around Lolobi communite.

Siwu
Siwusi
Native toGhana
RegionVolta Region, north of Hohoe
Native speakers
27,000 (2003)
Dialects
  • Akpafu
  • Lolobi
Language codes
ISO 639-3akp
Glottologsiwu1238
PeopleMawu
LanguageSiwu
CountryKawu
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