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Dagaari Dioula

Dagaari Dioula is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Burkina Faso.

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Dagaari Dioula · 11.7°N 2.5°W

Dagaare is the language of the Dagaaba people of Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Ivory Coast. It has been described as a dialect continuum that also includes Waale and Birifor. Dagaare language varies in dialect stemming from other family languages including: Dagbane, Waale, Mabia, Gurene, Mampruli, Kusaal, Buli, Niger-Congo, and many other sub languages resulting in around 1.3 million Dagaare speakers. Throughout the regions of native Dagaare speakers the dialect comes from Northern, Central, Western, and Southern areas referring to the language differently. Burkina Faso refers to Dagaare as Dagara and Birifor to natives in the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire. The native tongue is still universally known as Dagaare. Amongst the different dialects, the standard for Dagaare is derived from the Central region's dialect. Southern Dagaare (or Waale) also stems from the Dagaare language and is known to be commonly spoken in Wa and Kaleo.

Ethnologue divides Dagaare into three languages:

Southern/Central Dagaare language, which is spoken mainly in Ghana

From Wikipedia · Dagaare language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Dagaari Dioula

MeaningWordRomanization
personniE*
nameyuori*
eartor*
nosenuor*
tooth5ini*
tonguezElE*
handnu*
bloodziN*
skingbani*
breastbiri*
waterkaoN*
firebaN*
sunNmina*
starNmarbie*
treetie*
leafvaba*
dogba*
fishzimbu*
oneyen*
drink5u*
diekpi*
pathsori*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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