Central Gur

E916942

Central Gur is a subgroup of the Gur branch of the Niger-Congo language family, comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in parts of West Africa.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Central Gur canonical 3
Eastern Gur 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gur language subgroup ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ
belongsToMacroArea Atlantic–Congo ⓘ
branch Gur ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
hasCharacteristic closely related member languages ⓘ
primarily spoken in savanna zone of West Africa ⓘ
hasMember Buli language ⓘ
Dagaare language ⓘ
Dagbani language ⓘ
Farefare language ⓘ
Frafra language ⓘ
Gurenɛ language ⓘ
Kassena language ⓘ
linked to: Kasem language

Konkomba language ⓘ
Kusaal language ⓘ
Mampruli language ⓘ
Moore language ⓘ
Mossi language ⓘ
Nankani language ⓘ
Nawdm language ⓘ
Safaliba language ⓘ
Talni language ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo ⓘ
majorLanguage Dagaare language ⓘ
Dagbani language ⓘ
Kusaal language ⓘ
Mossi language ⓘ
partOf Gur branch ⓘ
Niger–Congo language family ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Benin ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Ivory Coast ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Mali ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
subgroupOf Gur languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature mostly SVO word order ⓘ
tone languages ⓘ
usedFor interethnic communication in parts of Burkina Faso ⓘ
interethnic communication in parts of northern Ghana ⓘ
writingSystemsUsed Latin script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Dagbani language → subbranch → Central Gur ⓘ
Dagbani → languageSubbranch → Central Gur ⓘ
Gur → hasSubgroup → Central Gur ⓘ
Tem → subfamily → Eastern Gur ⓘ
linked to: Central Gur