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Southern Dagaare 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.
== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
Here are the consonant and vowel sounds in the Dagaare languages:
Here are the consonant and vowel sounds in the Dagaare languages:
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== Writing system ==
== Writing system ==
=== Dagara alphabet (Burkina Faso) ===
==== Uppercase ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|A
|B
|C
|D
|E
|F
|G
|Gb
|H
|’H
|I
|J
|K
|Kp
|L
|’L
|M
|N
|Ny
|Ŋm
|O
|P
|R
|S
|T
|U
|V
|W
|’W
|Y
|Z
|}
==== Lowercase ====
{| class="wikitable"
|a
|b
|c
|d
|e
|f
|g
|gb
|h
|’h
|i
|j
|k
|kp
|l
|’l
|m
|n
|ny
|ŋm
|o
|p
|r
|s
|t
|u
|v
|w
|’w
|y
|z
|}




=== Dagaare alphabet (Ghana) ===


==== Uppercase ====
===Uppercase===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|A
|A
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|}


==== Lowercase ====
===Lowercase===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|+

Revision as of 20:44, 2 October 2022

Southern Dagaare 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.

Phonology

Here are the consonant and vowel sounds in the Dagaare languages:

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Near-close ɪ ʊ
Close-mid e o
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Open a

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Labio-

velar

Velar Glottal
Plosive/

Affricate

voiceless p t t͡ɕ k͡p k ʔ
voiced b d d͡ʑ ɡ͡b ɡ
Fricative voiceless f s h
voiced v z
implosive ʼh
Nasal plain m n ɲ ŋ͡m ŋ
implosive ʼm
Lateral plain l
implosive ʼl
Approximant j w

Writing system

Uppercase

A B D E Ɛ F G H I J K L M N O Ɔ P R S T U V W Y Z

Lowercase

a b d e ɛ f g h i j k l m n o ɔ p r s t u v w y z