Voltaic languages

E267634
language branch language group

Voltaic languages are a branch of the Niger-Congo language family spoken primarily in West Africa, especially in countries like Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Togo.

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Voltaic languages canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language branch ⓘ
language group ⓘ
geographicDistribution Sahel and savanna belt of West Africa ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Gur branch ⓘ
Gur languages ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers about 20 million ⓘ
hasFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
tone ⓘ
hasMajorLanguageCenter Ouagadougou ⓘ
Tamale ⓘ
hasMemberLanguage Bisa ⓘ
Buli ⓘ
Dagaaba ⓘ
surface form: Dagaare

Dagbani ⓘ
Frafra ⓘ
Gurma ⓘ
Kabye ⓘ
Karaboro ⓘ
Kusaal ⓘ
Lobi ⓘ
Mooré ⓘ
Nawdm ⓘ
Senari ⓘ
Sissala ⓘ
surface form: Sisaala

Supyire ⓘ
Tagbanwa Senufo ⓘ
Tem ⓘ
hasSubgroup Gur languages ⓘ
surface form: Central Gur languages

Gurunsi languages ⓘ
Northern Gur languages ⓘ
Oti–Volta languages ⓘ
Senufo languages ⓘ
Southern Gur languages ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
linguisticClassificationStatus well established within Niger–Congo ⓘ
namedAfter Volta River ⓘ
partOf Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
spokenIn Benin ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
surface form: Ivory Coast

Mali ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
subclassOf Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
typicalWordOrder SVO ⓘ

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Gur languages → alternativeName → Voltaic languages ⓘ