Mole-Dagbani languages

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The Mole-Dagbani languages are a major subgroup of Gur languages spoken primarily in northern Ghana and neighboring parts of West Africa, including widely used languages such as Dagbani and Mampruli.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mole-Dagbani 1
Mole-Dagbani languages canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gur language subgroup ⓘ
language family ⓘ
arealFeature noun class systems ⓘ
tone languages ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Mole-Dagbani peoples ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Mabia languages ⓘ
Mole-Dagbon languages ⓘ
hasGlottologCode mole1257 ⓘ
hasMajorLanguage Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba

Dagbani ⓘ
Mampruli ⓘ
Moore ⓘ
hasMemberLanguage Buli ⓘ
Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba

Dagbani ⓘ
Farefare ⓘ
Hanga ⓘ
Kassena ⓘ
Kusaal ⓘ
Mampruli ⓘ
Moore ⓘ
Nankani ⓘ
Nanuni ⓘ
Safaliba ⓘ
Talni ⓘ
Wali ⓘ
linguisticBranchOf Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Volta–Congo languages ⓘ
macroFamily Niger–Congo language family ⓘ
neighboringCountries Burkina Faso ⓘ
Ivory Coast ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Togo ⓘ
primaryCountry Ghana ⓘ
region Sahel ⓘ
Savanna belt of West Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Burkina Faso ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Ivory Coast ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Togo ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
northern Ghana ⓘ
subclassOf Gur languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
usedFor interethnic communication in northern Ghana ⓘ
usedIn education in northern Ghana (some member languages) ⓘ
local media in northern Ghana (some member languages) ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Southern Gur languages → hasBranch → Mole-Dagbani languages ⓘ
Bono East Region → hasEthnicGroup → Mole-Dagbani ⓘ
linked to: Mole-Dagbani languages