ISO 639-3 · dgadga
Niger–Congo family
Dagaare
Dagaare is a language of the Oti–Volta branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Burkina Faso and Ghana. Wikidata counts about 1.1 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “language of the Dagaara people in Ghana and Burkina Faso”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
dga- Glottocode
sout2789- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 4 Educational
- Centre point
- 10.50, -2.00
- Wikipedia
- 18 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
2scripts
5levels in the tree
4EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Dagaare |
|---|---|
| Also called | Dagaare language, Southern Dagaare, Dagara, Kɔmpare Dagaare, Luor Dagaare, Sapare Dagaare Soga, Dagaare. |
| All speakers | 1,100,000 |
| Written in | Latin script, Dagaare Braille |
Vitality
EGIDS 4 Educational4
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Dagaare
The branches above Dagaare, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Burkina Faso
fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialdyuDyulaNiger–Congo · 2.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationmnkMandinkaNiger–Congo · 1.4 m5 · DevelopingtmhTuaregAfroasiatic · 1.2 mVulnerabletaqTamasheqAfroasiatic · 500,0005 · DevelopinglobLobiNiger–Congo · 440,0005 · DevelopingkusKusaalNiger–Congo · 121,0005 · DevelopingpugPuguliNiger–Congo · 14,3006a · VigorousdjeZarmaNilo-Saharan4 · Educational