Dagaare language
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| Dagaare Dagaare? |
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| Spoken in: | Ghana, Burkina Faso | |
| Total speakers: | >1 million | |
| Language family: | Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Volta-Congo Gur Central Oti-Volta Dagaare |
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| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | - | |
| ISO 639-3: | dgd, dgi dga, dgd, dgi | |
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Dagaare is the maternal language of the Dagaare people in Ghana and Burkina Faso. It has been described as a dialect continuum that also includes Waale and Birifor.
Ethnologue divides Dagaare into three languages:
- Southern Dagaare language (dga), which is spoken mainly in Ghana
- Northern Dagara language (dgi), which is spoken mainly in Burkina Faso
- Dagaari Dioula (dgd), which is spoken mainly in Burkina Faso, and has significant influence from the genetically unrelated Dioula language
[edit] References
- Bodomo, Adams, "The Dagaare language and its speakers: Introduction"
- Ethnologue Language family tree "Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Northern, Oti-Volta, Western, Northwest, Dagaari-Birifor, Dagaari"
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