Dagaare language

E267638

The Dagaare language is a Gur language spoken primarily by the Dagaaba people in northwestern Ghana and parts of Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dagaare language canonical 15
Dagara language 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gur language ⓘ
Oti–Volta language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Dagbani language ⓘ
Frafra language ⓘ
Mossi language ⓘ
countryOfficialRecognition Ghana ⓘ
ethnicGroup Dagaaba people ⓘ
glottocode daga1275 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Dagaa ⓘ
Dagara ⓘ
Dagari ⓘ
hasDialect Birifor ⓘ
Central Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba

Northern Dagaare ⓘ
Southern Dagaare ⓘ
Waala ⓘ
linked to: Wala
hasLinguisticFeature noun class system ⓘ
hasLiteraryTradition folktales ⓘ
proverbs ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature ATR vowel harmony ⓘ
tone ⓘ
hasStandardizedOrthography true ⓘ
hasSVOOrder true ⓘ
ISO639-3 dga ⓘ
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Gur languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
macrolanguageGrouping Dagaare–Birifor ⓘ
region northeastern Ivory Coast ⓘ
northwestern Ghana ⓘ
southwestern Burkina Faso ⓘ
spokenIn Burkina Faso ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Ivory Coast ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

West Africa ⓘ
subfamily Northern Gur languages ⓘ
linked to: Northern Gur
usedFor local education ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
religious practice ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
usedIn basic education in northern Ghana ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gur languages → hasMemberLanguage → Dagaare language ⓘ
Southern Gur languages → hasLanguage → Dagaare language ⓘ
Southern Gur languages → hasLanguage → Dagara language ⓘ
linked to: Dagaare language
Lobi language → neighboringLanguages → Dagara language ⓘ
linked to: Dagaare language
Gur → includesLanguage → Dagaare language ⓘ
Gur → majorLanguage → Dagaare language ⓘ
Central Gur → hasMember → Dagaare language ⓘ
Central Gur → majorLanguage → Dagaare language ⓘ
Mabia languages → hasPart → Dagaare language ⓘ
Southern Dagaare → subdivisionOf → Dagaare language ⓘ
Dagara → hasEthnologueEntry → Dagaare language ⓘ
Northern Gur → hasLanguage → Dagaare language ⓘ
Northern Gur → majorLanguage → Dagaare language ⓘ
Northern Dagaare → subdivisionOf → Dagaare language ⓘ
Northern Dagaare → isCoveredByISOCode → Dagaare language ⓘ
Dagari → alternativeNameOf → Dagaare language ⓘ
Oti–Volta languages → hasMember → Dagaare language ⓘ