Etymograph

English

gangan

Gangan comes from Yoruba gángan ‘a common type of talking drum and a subfamily…’.

  1. Yorubamoderngángan‘a common type of talking drum and a subfamily of drums in the dùndún family of drums’
  2. Englishtodaygangan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Yorubamoderngángan‘a common type of talking drum and a subfamily of drums in the dùndún family of drums’
  2. Englishtodaygangan

Today it means

noun A talking drum of West Africa.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Yoruba gángan / gangan