Gur

E759511

Gur is a major branch of the Niger-Congo language family spoken primarily in West Africa, encompassing numerous related languages across countries such as Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, and neighboring regions.

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Label Occurrences
Gur canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language branch ⓘ
language family subgroup ⓘ
classifiedBy comparative linguistics ⓘ
fieldOfStudy African linguistics ⓘ
geographicDistribution Sahel and savanna belt of West Africa ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Gur-Voltaic ⓘ
Voltaic ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfLanguages around 70 languages ⓘ
hasISOFamilyCode nic-gur ⓘ
hasSubgroup Central Gur ⓘ
Northern Gur ⓘ
Southern Gur ⓘ
includesLanguage Bisa language ⓘ
Buli language ⓘ
Dagaare language ⓘ
Dagbani language ⓘ
Dogon languages (sometimes excluded by some classifications) ⓘ
Frafra language ⓘ
Gurma language ⓘ
Kasem language ⓘ
Kusaal language ⓘ
Lobi language ⓘ
Mampruli language ⓘ
Mossi language ⓘ
Sisaala language ⓘ
linguisticFeature mostly tonal languages ⓘ
noun class remnants in some languages ⓘ
predominantly SVO word order ⓘ
majorLanguage Dagaare language ⓘ
Dagbani language ⓘ
Mossi language ⓘ
partOf Niger–Congo language family ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Volta basin region ⓘ
linked to: Volta Basin
spokenIn Benin ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Ivory Coast ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Mali ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
subfamilyOf Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
usedBy Dagaaba people ⓘ
Dagomba people ⓘ
Gurma peoples ⓘ
linked to: Gurma people

Mossi people ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script (for many Gur languages) ⓘ

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