Northern Dagaare
E918697
Northern Dagaare is a major dialect of the Dagaare language spoken primarily in parts of northwestern Ghana and neighboring regions of Burkina Faso.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Northern Dagaare canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11302868 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Dagaare Context triple: [Dagaare language, hasDialect, Northern Dagaare]
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A.
Southern Dagaare
Southern Dagaare is a major dialect of the Dagaare language spoken primarily in parts of Ghana and neighboring West African regions.
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B.
Ngada people
The Ngada people are an indigenous ethnic group of central Flores in Indonesia, known for their megalithic villages, matrilineal traditions, and distinctive ritual practices.
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C.
Dagomba people
The Dagomba people are a major Gur-speaking ethnic group of northern Ghana and neighboring Togo, known for their centralized chieftaincy system, rich drumming traditions, and Islamic-influenced culture.
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D.
Zande people
The Zande people are a Central African ethnic group primarily found in South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic, known for their rich oral traditions, complex social organization, and historically influential kingdoms.
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E.
Mandingo
Mandingo is a controversial 1975 American film set on a Southern slave plantation, known for its graphic depiction of slavery, racism, and sexual exploitation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Dagaare Target entity description: Northern Dagaare is a major dialect of the Dagaare language spoken primarily in parts of northwestern Ghana and neighboring regions of Burkina Faso.
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A.
Southern Dagaare
Southern Dagaare is a major dialect of the Dagaare language spoken primarily in parts of Ghana and neighboring West African regions.
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B.
Ngada people
The Ngada people are an indigenous ethnic group of central Flores in Indonesia, known for their megalithic villages, matrilineal traditions, and distinctive ritual practices.
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C.
Dagomba people
The Dagomba people are a major Gur-speaking ethnic group of northern Ghana and neighboring Togo, known for their centralized chieftaincy system, rich drumming traditions, and Islamic-influenced culture.
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D.
Zande people
The Zande people are a Central African ethnic group primarily found in South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic, known for their rich oral traditions, complex social organization, and historically influential kingdoms.
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E.
Mandingo
Mandingo is a controversial 1975 American film set on a Southern slave plantation, known for its graphic depiction of slavery, racism, and sexual exploitation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
variety of Dagaare language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Niger–Congo language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Central Dagaare
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Dagaare NERFINISHED ⓘ Waale ⓘ |
| countryOfRecognition |
Burkina Faso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Northern Dagara (in some sources) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialectContinuumWith |
Central Dagaare
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Dagaare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
African linguistics
ⓘ
sociolinguistics of Ghana ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntryUnder | Dagaare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottologReferenceName | Dagaare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISO639_3Code | dga ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
noun class remnants
ⓘ
tone for lexical and grammatical contrast ⓘ verbal aspect marking ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
tone ⓘ |
| hasTonalSystem | yes ⓘ |
| isCoveredByISOCode | Dagaare language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isMutuallyIntelligibleWith | other Dagaare dialects ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | descriptive linguistic studies on Dagaare ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Northern Gur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Gur languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageGroup | Mabia languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Dagaaba people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Burkina Faso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion |
northwestern Ghana
ⓘ
southwestern Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Dagaare language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
rural communities in neighboring Burkina Faso
ⓘ
rural communities in northwestern Ghana ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication
ⓘ
local education in some schools ⓘ oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Northern Dagaare Description of subject: Northern Dagaare is a major dialect of the Dagaare language spoken primarily in parts of northwestern Ghana and neighboring regions of Burkina Faso.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.