Nawdm

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Nawdm is a Gur (Voltaic) language spoken primarily in northern Togo and neighboring regions of West Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gur language
Voltaic language
language
approximateNumberOfSpeakers 100000+
belongsToMacroArea Africa NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Burkina Faso NERFINISHED
Ghana
Togo NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Nawdba NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution northern Togo and adjacent border areas of Burkina Faso and Ghana
hasAlternativeName Naudm NERFINISHED
Nawda NERFINISHED
Nawdba
Nawdm language
iso639-3 nmz
isSpokenBy Nawdm speakers
languageBranch Atlantic–Congo NERFINISHED
languageFamily Gur languages
Niger–Congo NERFINISHED
linguisticClassification Niger–Congo > Atlantic–Congo > Gur > Northern Gur
nativeName Nawdm NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguages Gurma
Kabiye NERFINISHED
Moba NERFINISHED
region Kara Region NERFINISHED
Savanes Region NERFINISHED
regionType savanna zone
spokenIn Burkina Faso NERFINISHED
Ghana
Togo NERFINISHED
West Africa NERFINISHED
northern Togo NERFINISHED
subfamily Northern Gur languages NERFINISHED
usedFor daily communication
local trade
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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