Siwu

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Siwu is a Niger-Congo language spoken in the mountainous central Volta Region of Ghana. It has traditionally been grouped with some thirteen other typologically similar languages under the heading Ghana-Togo Mountain languages. Siwu is spoken by the Mawu people in Kawu. They number about 10,000—15,000 in a total of eight villages scattered about in the mountains north of Hohoe. Surrounding peoples use the term Akpafu for the language, the people, and their land.

Man is an animal [20090327]

I thought I had company (a Mawu dirge) [20090217]

In Siwu, gunpowder doesn’t just go BANG! [20090115]

Mumbling and other mouth sensations: Ideophone proeverij II (with sound clips) [2008123]

Ideophone proeverij I [20081121]

On playthings and tools [20081030]

Wordle now does Extended Latin and diacritics [20081022]

More on bíaàà and other water ideophones [20080925]

Kanananana [20080715]

Many Eyes on Siwu ne [20080624]

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Kawu
Akpafu-Todzi, June 2007 Damit war auch die Frage nach einem passenden Ort für die Haupt-Station gelöst. Das schön, frei und gesund und doch nicht allzu hoch gelegene Akpafu, die zweitgrößte Stadt in Boem, war der geeignete Ort.

Andreas Pfisterer, 1904, on the place where I do fieldwork.