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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Gur canonical 6

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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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