Dagbani

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Dagbani is a Gur language spoken primarily by the Dagomba people in northern Ghana.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Dagbani canonical 29
Dagbana 1
Dagbon 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gur language ⓘ
Oti-Volta language ⓘ
language ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
ethnicGroup Dagomba ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Dagbane ⓘ
Dagbanli ⓘ
Dagomba ⓘ
hasCulturalRole marker of Dagomba identity ⓘ
hasDigitalPresence Wikipedia edition ⓘ
local language radio broadcasts ⓘ
hasDomainUsage local administration in northern Ghana ⓘ
religious activities in northern Ghana ⓘ
hasGlottocode dagb1246 ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code dag ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearchOn morphology ⓘ
phonology ⓘ
syntax ⓘ
tone ⓘ
hasNeighbouringLanguages Gonja ⓘ
Konkomba ⓘ
linked to: Konkomba people

Mampruli ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate over 1 million ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature ATR vowel harmony ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
hasRegulatingBody Bureau of Ghana Languages ⓘ
hasScriptDevelopment standardized orthography in Latin script ⓘ
hasStandardVariety Tamale Dagbani ⓘ
hasWordOrder SVO ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
isCloselyRelatedTo Kusaal ⓘ
Mampruli ⓘ
Moore ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Nanuni ⓘ
isTaughtAt University for Development Studies ⓘ
University of Ghana ⓘ
languageBranch Gur ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo ⓘ
languageGroup Mabia languages ⓘ
languageSubbranch Central Gur ⓘ
region North East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Northern Region of Ghana ⓘ
Savannah Region of Ghana ⓘ
spokenBy Dagomba people ⓘ
spokenIn Ghana ⓘ
Northern Ghana ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca in northern Ghana ⓘ
usedIn education in northern Ghana ⓘ
local media in northern Ghana ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (31)

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

Northern Region → hasLanguage → Dagbani ⓘ
Kabiye → neighboringLanguages → Dagbani ⓘ
Mooré → closelyRelatedTo → Dagbani ⓘ
Ghanaians → languageSpoken → Dagbani ⓘ
Tamale → languageMajority → Dagbani ⓘ
Mòoré → closelyRelatedTo → Dagbani ⓘ
Mampruli → closelyRelatedTo → Dagbani ⓘ
Dagbanli → hasAlternativeName → Dagbani ⓘ
Dagbani Bible → language → Dagbani ⓘ
Farefare → closelyRelatedTo → Dagbani ⓘ
Dagomba → primaryLanguage → Dagbani ⓘ
Dagomba → demonym → Dagbana ⓘ
linked to: Dagbani
Dagomba → kingdomName → Dagbon ⓘ
linked to: Dagbani
Oti–Volta → hasLanguage → Dagbani ⓘ
Oti–Volta → majorLanguage → Dagbani ⓘ
Koussassé → closelyRelatedTo → Dagbani ⓘ
Dagari → closelyRelatedTo → Dagbani ⓘ
Salaga → languageSpoken → Dagbani ⓘ
Kusaal → closelyRelatedTo → Dagbani ⓘ