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