Dagaaba

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The Dagaaba are an ethnic group of northwestern Ghana and neighboring Burkina Faso, known for their agrarian lifestyle, rich oral traditions, and distinctive Dagaare language.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Dagaare 20
Central Dagaare 6
Dagaaba canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
agriculturalCycle rain-fed farming ⓘ
architectureMaterial mud ⓘ
thatch ⓘ
climateZone Sudan savanna ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Burkina Faso ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
countryMinorityStatus ethnic minority in Burkina Faso ⓘ
ethnic minority in Ghana ⓘ
crop groundnut ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
yam ⓘ
culturalFeature folktales ⓘ
praise poetry ⓘ
proverb use ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
economicActivity animal husbandry ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
housing compound houses ⓘ
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent ⓘ
language Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
languageFamily Gur languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
marriageSystem bridewealth ⓘ
music xylophone music ⓘ
musicalInstrument drums ⓘ
gyil ⓘ
notableTown Jirapa ⓘ
Lawra ⓘ
Nandom ⓘ
oralTraditionFunction moral education ⓘ
transmission of history ⓘ
politicalOrganization chiefdoms ⓘ
village councils ⓘ
primarySubsistence agriculture ⓘ
region northwestern Ghana ⓘ
southwestern Burkina Faso ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
traditionalReligionFeature ancestor veneration ⓘ
earth shrine worship ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

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

Mooré → closelyRelatedTo → Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Voltaic languages → hasMemberLanguage → Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Dagaare language → hasDialect → Central Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Lawra → hasRegionalLanguage → Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Nandom → primaryLanguageSpoken → Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Dagaaba → language → Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Wala → neighboringEthnicGroups → Dagaaba ⓘ
Kobine Festival → languageContext → Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Jirapa → languageSpoken → Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Ghanaians → languageSpoken → Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Southern Dagaare → hasDialectOf → Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Southern Dagaare → closelyRelatedTo → Central Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Southern Dagaare → ethnicGroup → Dagaaba ⓘ
Dagara → hasAlternativeName → Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Dagara → glottologName → Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Dagaare–Birifor → hasPart → Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Dagaare–Birifor → hasVariety → Central Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Kasem → neighboringLanguages → Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Proto-Gur → hasDescendantLanguage → Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Northern Dagaare → hasDialectContinuumWith → Central Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Northern Dagaare → hasGlottologReferenceName → Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Northern Dagaare → hasEthnologueEntryUnder → Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Northern Dagaare → closelyRelatedTo → Central Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Oti–Volta → hasLanguage → Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Oti–Volta → majorLanguage → Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Dagari → hasDialect → Central Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Mole-Dagbani languages → hasMemberLanguage → Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba
Mole-Dagbani languages → hasMajorLanguage → Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba