Mampruli language

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Mampruli is a Gur language spoken primarily by the Mamprusi people in northern Ghana and parts of neighboring West African countries.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mampruli language canonical 3

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gur language
Niger–Congo language
natural language
associatedWith Mamprusi
surface form: Mamprugu traditional area
belongsToBranch Southern Gur languages
surface form: Central Gur languages
closelyRelatedTo Dagbani language
Kusaal language
Moore language
ethnicGroup Mamprusi
hasAlternativeName Mampruli
surface form: Mamprule

Mampruli
hasDialects regional varieties in Mamprugu area
hasGlottocode mamp1243
hasISO639-3Code maw
hasLinguisticFeature SVO word order
noun class system
tone language
hasStatus regional language in northern Ghana
languageFamily Gur languages
Niger–Congo languages
neighboringLanguages Bimoba language
Dagbani language
Frafra language
Kusaal language
primaryCountry Ghana
region North East Region of Ghana
Northern Region of Ghana
spokenBy Dagomba people
surface form: Mamprusi people
spokenIn Burkina Faso
Ghana
Northern Region of Ghana
surface form: Northern Ghana

Togo
West Africa
subfamilyOf Oti–Volta language
Oti–Volta languages
surface form: Western Oti–Volta language
usedFor daily communication
local trade
oral tradition
usedIn local radio broadcasting in northern Ghana
traditional chieftaincy affairs of Mamprusi
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gur languages hasMemberLanguage Mampruli language
Southern Gur languages hasLanguage Mampruli language
Gonja language neighboringLanguages Mampruli language