Frafra language
E267639
Frafra is a Gur language spoken primarily in northern Ghana and southern Burkina Faso by the Frafra (Gurune) people.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frafra language canonical | 5 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gur language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ subject–verb–object language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Dagbani language
ⓘ
Kusaal language ⓘ Mampruli language ⓘ Mossi language ⓘ |
| country |
Burkina Faso
ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Frafra people
ⓘ
Gurunsi peoples ⓘ
surface form:
Gurune people
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Farefare
ⓘ
Gurunsi ⓘ
surface form:
Gurene-Frafra
Gurenɛ ⓘ Gurune ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Bongo dialect
ⓘ
Booni dialect ⓘ Gurune dialect ⓘ Nankani dialect ⓘ Talni dialect ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | fare1241 ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
tone
ⓘ
vowel harmony ⓘ |
| hasScriptRegulation |
Bureau of Ghana Languages
ⓘ
surface form:
regulated by Ghana Bureau of Languages
|
| hasStandardizationEffort | orthography development in Ghana ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | gur ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Oti–Volta ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Gur
ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form:
Niger–Congo
|
| partOf |
Atlantic–Congo languages
ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form:
Niger–Congo language family
|
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Burkina Faso
ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ northern Ghana ⓘ southern Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Gurene language
ⓘ
surface form:
Gurune language
Northern Gur language ⓘ Oti–Volta languages ⓘ
surface form:
Oti–Volta language
|
| usedBy | Frafra communities in urban Ghana ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local radio broadcasting
ⓘ
oral communication ⓘ religious activities ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | basic education in parts of northern Ghana ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.