what language do the people in ghana speak?
English Language
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 The official languages of the country are French and Sango ; the latter ( originally a language from the Ubangi River region ) is spoken by 90 % of the population . Some of the other languages spoken are Baya ( Gbaya ) , Banda , Ngbaka , Sara , Mbum , Kare , and Mandjia . Sango was simplified by Christian missionaries and is widely used to this day . 

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 Decades , and in some cases centuries , of British rule and emigration have left their mark on the independent nations that arose from the British Empire . The empire established the use of English in regions around the world . Today it is the primary language of up to 400 million people and is spoken by about one and a half billion as a first , second or foreign language . 

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 The European languages introduced during colonialism have created a linguistic divide between the population who live in the Northwest and Southwest regions and the French @-@ speaking remainder of the country . Both English and French are official languages , although French is by far the most understood language ( more than 80 % ) . 

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 On 7 April 1957 , the Prime Minister of Ghana , Kwame Nkrumah , on a visit to Côte d 'Ivoire , called on all colonies in Africa to declare their independence ; Houphouët @-@ Boigny retorted to Nkrumah : 

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 Achebe 's novels laid a formidable groundwork for this process . By altering syntax , usage , and idiom , he transforms the language into a distinctly African style . In some spots this takes the form of repetition of an Igbo idea in standard English parlance ; elsewhere it appears as narrative asides integrated into descriptive sentences . 
