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Northern Dagara

Northern Dagara is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Ghana and Burkina Faso.

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Northern Dagara · 11.0°N 3.0°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 Northern Dagara

MeaningWordRomanization
personneda*
nameyure*
eyenifu*
eartobre*
nose5ore*
tooth5ende*
tonguezelmde*
handnugu*
bloodzẽe
bonekobre*
skingwaNgo*
kneedumdi*
breastbisri*
liversore*
waterkõɔ
firebugm*
sunminja*
star7adga*
stonekugri*
mountaintaNga*
treetiga*
leafvogo*
nightyuNgo*
dogbaga*
fishzifu*
louseZabga*
oneyEn*
twoyi*
Imam*
youfon*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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