Dagaare language

Dagaare
Native to	Ghana, Burkina Faso
Ethnicity	Dagaaba people
Native speakers	1.1 million (2001–2003)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Gur Northern Oti–Volta Moré–Dagbani Moré Dagaare
Writing system	Latin (Dagaare alphabet) Dagaare Braille
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: dga – Southern Dagaare dgd – Dagaari Dioula dgi – Northern Dagara
Glottolog	sout2789  (Southern Dagaare)[2] daga1272  (Dagaari Dioula)[3] nort2780  (Northern Dagara)[4]
Majority areas of Northern Dagara speakers, in red, on a map of Burkina Faso.

Dagaare is the maternal language of the Dagaaba people in Ghana and Burkina Faso. It has been described as a dialect continuum that also includes Waale and Birifor.

Ethnologue divides Dagaare into three languages:

• Southern/Central Dagaare language, which is spoken mainly in Ghana
• Northern Dagara language, which is spoken mainly in Burkina Faso
• Dagaari Dioula, which is spoken mainly in Burkina Faso, and has significant influence from the genetically unrelated Dioula language

References

1. Southern Dagaare at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Dagaari Dioula at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Northern Dagara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Southern Dagaare". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Dagaari Dioula". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
4. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Northern Dagara". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

External links

• Alphabet and pronunciation at Omniglot
• Bodomo, Adams, "The Dagaare language and its speakers: Introduction"
• PanAfriL10n page on Dagaare
• Bibliography of Dagaare Studies
• Journal of Dagaare Studies
• Database of audio recordings in Dagara - basic Catholic prayers