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