Language/Southern-dagaare
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Facts about Southern Dagaare
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
dga
- Other names for "Southern Dagaare":
Dagaare, Dagara, Dagare, Dagari, Dagati, Degati, Dogaari, Southern Dagari
- The Southern Dagaare language is spoken in:
Ghana
Dagaare is member of the Gur branch of Niger-Congo languages spoken in Ghana and Burkina Faso by about 1.1 million people.
Dagaare is separated in 3 different languages:
- Southern Dagaare, which is spoken by about 700,000 people in Ghana in the northwest corner and in the Upper West Region. It is also known as Dagaare, Dagara, Dagari, Dagati, Degati or Dogaari.
- Northern Dagara, which is spoken mainly in Burkina Faso by about 388,000 people, in Southwest, Poni, Bougouriba, Sissili, and Mouhoun provinces. This language is also known as Dagaare, Dagaari, Dagari, Dagati, Degati or Dogaari.
- Dagaari Dioula, which is spoken mainly in Burkina Faso by about 21,000 people in Diébougou, To, Boromo, Soukoulaye, Silly, Pa, Dano, Leo, Gao, Dissin, Wessa, Fara and French Hamele. Dagaari Dioula has been significantly influenced by the unrelated Dioula language. Dagaari Dioula is also known as Dagaari Jula, Dagari Dyoula, Jari, Wala and Yari."