Farefare

E916953

Farefare is a Gur language spoken primarily by the Frafra people in northern Ghana and parts of Burkina Faso.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Farefare canonical 5
Gurenɛ (Farefare) 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gur language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Dagbani
Kusaal
Mampruli
countryOfficialStatus recognized Ghanaian language
family Gur languages
hasAlternativeName Frafra
Gurene
linked to: Gurune

Gurenɛ
Gurune
hasDialects Nangodi dialect
Nankani dialect
Talensi dialect
Zuarungu dialect
hasGlottocode fare1244
hasISO6393Code gur
languageBranch Oti–Volta languages
regionOfUse Upper East Region of Ghana
spokenIn Burkina Faso
Ghana
spokenInRegion northern Ghana
southern Burkina Faso
spokenPrimarilyBy Frafra people
subfamily Northern Gur languages
linked to: Northern Gur
usedByEthnicGroup Gurunsi-related groups
usedFor local media
oral communication
religious activities
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gurune hasAlternativeName Farefare
Kasena closelyRelatedTo Farefare
Proto-Gur hasDescendantLanguage Gurenɛ (Farefare)
linked to: Farefare
Oti–Volta hasLanguage Gurenɛ (Farefare)
linked to: Farefare