Dagbanli

E916944

Dagbanli is a Gur language spoken primarily by the Dagomba people in northern Ghana.

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Label Occurrences
Dagbanli canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gur language
Oti–Volta language
language
closelyRelatedTo Kusaal
Mampruli
Moore language
Nanunli
linked to: Nanuni
country Ghana
hasAlternativeName Dagbane
Dagbani
Dagomba language
linked to: Dagbani language
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers over 2 million speakers
hasBibleTranslation Dagbanli Bible
linked to: Dagbani Bible
hasCulturalAssociationWith Kingdom of Dagbon
hasDialect Kumbungu dialect
Tamale dialect
Yendi dialect
hasGlottocode dagb1246
hasISO639-3Code dag
hasLoanwordsFrom Akan languages
linked to: Akan language

English
Hausa
hasNounClassSystem reduced compared to many Niger–Congo languages
hasOrthography standardized Latin-based orthography
hasPhonologicalFeature ATR vowel harmony
tone language
hasStandardizationEffortBy Bureau of Ghana Languages
hasSVOOrder true
isOfficialLanguageOf none (not a national official language of Ghana)
isTaughtAt University for Development Studies
University of Ghana
languageBranch Gur languages
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages
languageGroup Mabia languages
languageSubbranch Central Gur languages
primaryEthnicGroup Dagomba
region North East Region of Ghana
Northern Region of Ghana
Savannah Region of Ghana
spokenBy Dagomba people
spokenIn Ghana
Northern Ghana
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn Northern Ghana
usedAsRegionalLanguage Northern Ghana
usedIn basic education in parts of Northern Ghana
local radio broadcasting in Northern Ghana
traditional chieftaincy courts of Dagbon
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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