Frafra language

Frafra
Gurenɛ
Native to	Ghana, Burkina
Ethnicity	Frafra people
Native speakers	720,000[1] (2003)[2]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Gur Northern Oti–Volta Mooré–Dagbani Mooré Frafra
Dialects	Gurenɛ Nankani Booni
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gur
Glottolog	fare1241[3]

Frafra or Farefare, also known as Gurenɛ, is the language of the Frafra people of northern Ghana, particularly the Upper East Region, and southern Burkina Faso. It is a national language of Ghana, and is closely related to Dagbani and other languages of Northern Ghana, and also related to Mossi, also known as Mooré, the national language of Burkina Faso.

Frafra consists of three principal dialects, Gurenɛ (also written Gudenne, Gurenne, Gudeni, Zuadeni), Nankani (Naani, Nankanse, Ninkare), and Booni. Nabit and Talni have been mistakenly reported to be Frafra dialects.^[4]

Bibliography

• M.E. Kropp Dakubu, S. Awinkene Antintono, and E. Avea Nsoh, A Gurenɛ–English Dictionary and accompanying English–Gurenɛ Glossary

References

1. Excluding ?30,000 Nabit and ?100,000 Talni
2. Frafra at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Farefare". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
4. ISO change request