Gurene language

E917989

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

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gurene language canonical 1
Gurune language 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gur language
language
natural language
country Burkina Faso
Ghana
hasAlternativeName Farefare
Frafra
Gurenɛ
Gurune
Nankani-Gurene
linked to: Nankani
hasBasicWordOrder SVO
hasDialects Bolgatanga variety
Bongo
Booni
Gurene proper
Nankani
Talni
Zuarungu
hasISO639-3Code gur
hasLanguageCode ISO 639-3:gur
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature tone
vowel harmony
hasRegulatingBody Bureau of Ghana Languages
hasScriptStandardization orthography developed in Ghana
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Nankani language
Talni language
isPartOfEthnolinguisticGroup Gurunsi peoples
isRelatedTo Dagbani language
Kusaal language
Mampruli language
Mossi language
isTaughtIn primary schools in parts of northern Ghana
isUsedBy Frafra diaspora communities
partOf Niger–Congo language family
region Sahelian zone of West Africa
spokenBy Frafra people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Burkina Faso
Ghana
Upper East Region of Ghana
northern Ghana
subfamilyOf Gur languages
usedFor local radio broadcasting
music
oral tradition
religious practice
storytelling
writingSystemDirection left-to-right

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Referenced by (2)

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

Southern Gur languages hasLanguage Gurene language
Frafra language subclassOf Gurune language
linked to: Gurene language