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Johann Gottlieb Christaller

1827–1895 · 19th century

Johann Gottlieb Christaller was a German missionary and linguist of the Basel Mission who worked on the Gold Coast, now Ghana, from 1853. Based largely at Akropong, he translated the Bible into Akuapem Twi, completing it in 1871, and wrote a grammar and a large dictionary of the language. He also collected thousands of Twi proverbs.

Johann Gottlieb Christaller
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