Language/Southern-dagaare/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

Southern Dagaare is spoken in Ghana & Burkina Faso.

It is also known as Dagaare, Dagara, Dagari, Dagati, Degati or Dogaari.

In today's lesson you will learn how to write and pronounce the letters of the alphabet.

Dagaare spelling has been reformed and improved a number of times, with the current orthography being established in 1998.

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

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