Gur languages

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branch of Niger–Congo languages language family

Gur languages are a large branch of the Niger–Congo language family spoken primarily in West Africa, especially in countries such as Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, and Ivory Coast.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Central Gur languages 1
Northern Gur languages 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
language family ⓘ
alternativeName Voltaic languages ⓘ
classifiedBy comparative linguistic methods ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfLanguages approximately 70 ⓘ
geographicDistribution West Africa ⓘ
hasMemberLanguage Dagbani language ⓘ
surface form: Bissa language

Buli language ⓘ
Dagaare language ⓘ
Dagbani language ⓘ
Frafra language ⓘ
Gonja language ⓘ
Gurma language ⓘ
Kabye language ⓘ
Kasem language ⓘ
Konkomba language ⓘ
Kusaal language ⓘ
Lobi language ⓘ
Mampruli language ⓘ
Moore language ⓘ
Mossi language ⓘ
Nawdm language ⓘ
Sisaala language ⓘ
Tampulma language ⓘ
hasSubgroup Gur languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central Gur languages

Gur languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Northern Gur languages

Southern Gur languages ⓘ
linguisticFeature mostly SVO word order ⓘ
rich noun class systems in many languages ⓘ
typically tonal ⓘ
majorLanguageBySpeakers Dagbani language ⓘ
Mossi language ⓘ
partOf Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger–Congo language family
regionOfConcentration Sahel zone of West Africa ⓘ
Volta River ⓘ
surface form: Volta River basin
researchField African linguistics ⓘ
spokenIn Benin ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ
Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
surface form: Ivory Coast

Mali ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
subfamilyOf Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
writingSystemsUsed Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Gur languages → hasSubgroup → Gur languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Gur languages
Gur languages → hasSubgroup → Gur languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Gur languages
Niger–Congo languages → majorSubgroup → Gur languages ⓘ