Gur languages

E53600
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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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Gur languages canonical 17
Central Gur languages 2
Northern Gur languages 2

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 (23)

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

Niger–Congo languages → majorSubgroup → Gur languages ⓘ
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
Atlantic–Congo languages → hasSubbranch → Gur languages ⓘ
Foodo language → subfamily → Gur languages ⓘ
Kabiye → belongsTo → Gur languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gurma branch of Gur languages
Mooré → languageFamily → Gur languages ⓘ
Mooré → subfamily → Gur languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Gur languages
Voltaic languages → hasAlternativeName → Gur languages ⓘ
Voltaic languages → hasSubgroup → Gur languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Gur languages
Southern Gur languages → subclassOf → Gur languages ⓘ
Mossi language → languageFamily → Gur languages ⓘ
Dagaare language → languageFamily → Gur languages ⓘ
Kusaal language → languageFamily → Gur languages ⓘ
Buli language → family → Gur languages ⓘ
Kabye language → subfamilyOf → Gur languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Gurunsi languages
Sisaala language → family → Gur languages ⓘ
Tampulma language → family → Gur languages ⓘ
Gonja language → family → Gur languages ⓘ
Gonja language → languageFamily → Gur languages ⓘ
Gurma language → languageFamily → Gur languages ⓘ
Proto-Niger–Congo → isAncestorOf → Gur languages ⓘ
Bariba → languageFamily → Gur languages ⓘ