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ISO 639-3: ncu

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

Other known names and dialect names: Banda, Bejamse, Borae, Chinderi, Gurubi, Kyongborong, Lonto, Nchimburu, Nchummuru, Northern Chumburung, Southern Chumburung, Yedji, Yeji

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Lexical resources

  1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Chumburung. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:ncu
  2. North Guang comparative wordlist: Chumburung, Krachi, Nawuri, Gichode, Gonja. Snider, Keith L. 1989. Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana. oai:sil.org:3119
  3. ONLINEChumburung Dictionary. n.a. 2023-06-16. SIL Global. oai:webonary.org:211

Language descriptions

  1. Collected field reports on the phonology of Nchimburu. Price, Norman. 1975. Collected language notes ; no. 14. oai:gial.edu:24212
  2. ONLINEGlottolog 5.2 Resources for Chumburung. n.a. 2025. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:chum1261
  3. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Chumburung. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:chum1261
  4. ONLINEAlphabets of Africa. Hartell, Rhonda L. 1993. BREDA Press. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_ncu_ortho-1
  5. ONLINEWidening the criteria for serial verb constructions - the case of Chumburung. Hansford, Keir. 2012. SIL International. oai:sil.org:52753
  6. ONLINE‘Grammatical tone’ and orthography. Snider, Keith L. 1992. SIL International. oai:sil.org:5563
  7. ONLINEPolar Question Intonation in Five Ghanaian Languages. Cahill, Michael. 2015. Ruth Kramer, et al eds., Selected Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference on African Linguistics. Cascadilla Proceedings Project; 9781574734652. oai:sil.org:84003
  8. ONLINENchimburu narrative events in time. Price, Norman. 1978. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:8456
  9. Tone Analysis for Field Linguists (casebound ed.). Snider, Keith L. 2022. SIL International. oai:sil.org:95073
  10. A grammar of Chumburung: a structure-function hierarchical description of the syntax of a Ghanian language. Hansford, Keir. 1990. SIL International. oai:sil.org:9589
  11. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Chumburung. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:cum

Other resources about the language

  1. ONLINEChumburung: a language of Ghana. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:ncu
  2. ONLINEUnderstanding Chumburung proverbs. Hansford, Gillian F. 2003. SIL International. oai:sil.org:528
  3. The functional beauty of Chumburung pottery. Hansford, Gillian F. 1987. SIL International. oai:sil.org:547
  4. Suspicion and shame in Chumburung spider stories. Hansford, Gillian F. 1986. SIL International. oai:sil.org:784
  5. ONLINEThe vowels of proto-Guang. Snider, Keith L. 1989. SIL International. oai:sil.org:1407
  6. ONLINEAutomatic and nonautomatic downstep in Chumburung: an instrumental comparison. Snider, Keith L. 2007. SIL International. oai:sil.org:1438
  7. ONLINEVowel coalescence across word boundaries in Chumburung. Snider, Keith L. 1985. SIL International. oai:sil.org:1616
  8. Collected field reports on the phonology of Nchimburu. Price, Norman. 1975. Institute of African Studies. oai:sil.org:2372
  9. ONLINEVowel harmony and the consonant | in Chumburung. Snider, Keith L. 1984. SIL International. oai:sil.org:3137
  10. ONLINEVowel coalescence in Chumburung: An autosegmental analysis. Snider, Keith L. 1989. SIL International. oai:sil.org:3289
  11. ONLINEMy eyes are red: body metaphor in Chumburung. Hansford, Gillian F. 2005. SIL International. oai:sil.org:3403
  12. ONLINEBorrowed words in Chumburung. Hansford, Gillian F.; Hansford, Keir. 1989. SIL International. oai:sil.org:3656
  13. Apocope, tone and the glottal stop in Chumburung. Snider, Keith L. 1986. SIL International. oai:sil.org:3806
  14. Will Kofi understand the white woman’s dictionary? some ways to make a bilingual dictionary more usable to a new literate. Hansford, Gillian F. 1991. SIL International. oai:sil.org:4755
  15. Using existing structures: three phases of mother tongue literacy among Chumburung speakers in Ghana. Hansford, Gillian F. 1994. African languages, development and the state, Richard Fardon and Graham Furniss (eds.). oai:sil.org:4992
  16. The noun class system of Proto-Guang and its implications for internal classification. Snider, Keith L. 1988. SIL International. oai:sil.org:6377
  17. ONLINEDoing Chumburung songs—a taxonomy of styles. Hansford, Gillian F. 2010. SIL International. oai:sil.org:9295
  18. Studies in Guang phonology. Snider, Keith L. 1990. SIL International. oai:sil.org:9900
  19. Emaŋ ko̱ ade̱daase̱ŋ. n.a. 2000. Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation. oai:sil.org:34015
  20. Ko̱ko̱ŋko̱-rɔ ne̱ e̱le̱ŋ bo̱ (In unity is strength and other poems in the Chumburung language of Northern and Volta Regions of Ghana with English verse translation). Amoako-Adjah, Emmanuel H.; Hansford, Keir. 1990. Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation. oai:sil.org:34024
  21. Nu fo̱ se̱ ase̱ŋ. Ansah, Lockhart Lucas. 1989. Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy, and Bible Translation. oai:sil.org:34027
  22. Mo̱ kitee yo-oo. Amoako-Adjah, Emmanuel H. (editor); Abresɛyii, Isaac (editor); Ŋkpaɛgye̱atɔ, Evans (editor). 1984. Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy, and Bible Translation. oai:sil.org:34089
  23. Kpa lalalo̱we̱ (The last journey and other poems). Amoako-Adjah, Emmanuel H.; Hansford, Keir. 1996. Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation. oai:sil.org:34190
  24. Atɔ ne̱ baa kyo̱rɛɛ waa Abware̱se̱ŋ wo̱re̱-ɔ-rɔ bo̱ le̱e̱ awaare̱yɛ ase̱ŋ se̱-ɔ. Nkpae̱gye̱atɔ, Evans. 1987. Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy, and Bible Translation. oai:sil.org:34204
  25. Igyo ko̱dɔɔ. Dɔŋkɔ, Michael K. 1988. Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation. oai:sil.org:34214
  26. ONLINEI have a certain child ... riddles in Chumburung. Hansford, Gillian F. 2011. West African Linguistic Society. oai:sil.org:50090
  27. Towards a model for contextualising Christianity in the Nchumuru culture in Ghana: the impact of mother tonque Scriptures from 1989-2011. Asewie, Bernard. 2013. SIL International. oai:sil.org:54097
  28. Kinship terminology and some of the social correlates or outworkings of the kinship system in Ghanaian culture. Naden, Anthony J. (editor). 1974. Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana. oai:sil.org:62425
  29. Tone Analysis for Field Linguists. Snider, Keith L. 2018. SIL International. oai:sil.org:72010

Other known names and dialect names: Banda, Bejamse, Borae, Chinderi, Gurubi, Kyongborong, Lonto, Nchimburu, Nchummuru, Northern Chumburung, Southern Chumburung, Yedji, Yeji

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