Northern Gur

E916974

language branch subgroup of Gur languages

Northern Gur is a branch of the Gur languages within the Niger-Congo family, comprising several closely related languages spoken primarily in West Africa.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Northern Gur languages	5

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	language branch ⓘ subgroup of Gur languages ⓘ
classificationStatus	branch within Gur according to many linguists ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Northern Voltaic (in some classifications) ⓘ
hasLanguage	Bariba language NERFINISHED ⓘ Buli language NERFINISHED ⓘ Dagaare language NERFINISHED ⓘ Dagbani language NERFINISHED ⓘ Frafra language NERFINISHED ⓘ Gurma language NERFINISHED ⓘ Konkomba language ⓘ Kusaal language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mampruli language NERFINISHED ⓘ Moba language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mossi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nawdm language ⓘ Talni language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yom language ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Mabia languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Moore-Gurma languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Oti-Volta languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Niger-Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageGroup	Gur NERFINISHED ⓘ
linguisticFeature	mostly SVO word order ⓘ noun class remnants or gender-like systems in some languages ⓘ rich verbal aspect systems ⓘ
linguisticTypology	tone language group ⓘ
majorLanguage	Dagaare language NERFINISHED ⓘ Dagbani language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mossi language ⓘ
partOf	Gur language family NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger-Congo language family NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	West Africa ⓘ
spokenIn	Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghana ⓘ Ivory Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ Togo NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf	Gur languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger-Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	daily communication ⓘ local administration in some areas ⓘ local trade ⓘ oral literature ⓘ traditional religion ⓘ
writingSystemUsed	Latin script ⓘ