Dagbanli

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Dagbanli is a Gur language spoken primarily by the Dagomba people in northern Ghana.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gur language
Oti–Volta language
language
closelyRelatedTo Kusaal NERFINISHED
Mampruli NERFINISHED
Moore language NERFINISHED
Nanunli NERFINISHED
country Ghana
hasAlternativeName Dagbane NERFINISHED
Dagbani NERFINISHED
Dagomba language NERFINISHED
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers over 2 million speakers
hasBibleTranslation Dagbanli Bible NERFINISHED
hasCulturalAssociationWith Kingdom of Dagbon NERFINISHED
hasDialect Kumbungu dialect
Tamale dialect
Yendi dialect NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode dagb1246
hasISO639-3Code dag
hasLoanwordsFrom Akan languages NERFINISHED
English NERFINISHED
Hausa NERFINISHED
hasNounClassSystem reduced compared to many Niger–Congo languages
hasOrthography standardized Latin-based orthography
hasPhonologicalFeature ATR vowel harmony
tone language
hasStandardizationEffortBy Bureau of Ghana Languages NERFINISHED
hasSVOOrder true
isOfficialLanguageOf none (not a national official language of Ghana)
isTaughtAt University for Development Studies NERFINISHED
University of Ghana NERFINISHED
languageBranch Gur languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages
languageGroup Mabia languages NERFINISHED
languageSubbranch Central Gur languages NERFINISHED
primaryEthnicGroup Dagomba NERFINISHED
region North East Region of Ghana NERFINISHED
Northern Region of Ghana NERFINISHED
Savannah Region of Ghana NERFINISHED
spokenBy Dagomba people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Ghana
Northern Ghana NERFINISHED
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn Northern Ghana NERFINISHED
usedAsRegionalLanguage Northern Ghana NERFINISHED
usedIn basic education in parts of Northern Ghana
local radio broadcasting in Northern Ghana
traditional chieftaincy courts of Dagbon
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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