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