ISO 639-3 · gurgur
Niger–Congo family
Frafra
Frafra is a language of the Oti–Volta branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Burkina Faso and Ghana. Wikidata counts 720,000 first-language speakers (2011). Wikidata describes it as “language in West Africa”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
gur- Glottocode
fare1241- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 4 Educational
- Centre point
- 10.60, -1.10
- Wikipedia
- 23 language editions
720,000first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
5levels in the tree
4EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Frafra |
|---|---|
| Also called | Frafra language, Frafra, Gurene |
| L1 speakers | 720,000 (2003) |
| All speakers | 820,000 (2011) |
| Written in | Latin script |
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 Frafra
The branches above Frafra, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
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