Dagaare language

Dagaare
Spoken in	Ghana, Burkina Faso
Ethnicity	Dagaaba people
Native speakers	ca. 1 million (2001–2003)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Gur Northern Oti–Volta Moré–Dagbani Moré Dagaare
Language codes
ISO 639-3	variously: `dga` – Southern Dagaare `dgd` – Dagaari Dioula `dgi` – Northern Dagara
Majority areas of Northern Dagara speakers, in red, on a map of Burkina Faso.

Dagaare is the maternal language of the Dagaaba people in Ghana and Burkina Faso. It has been described as a dialect continuum that also includes Waale and Birifor.

Ethnologue divides Dagaare into three languages:

Southern Dagaare language (dga), which is spoken mainly in Ghana
Northern Dagara language (dgi), which is spoken mainly in Burkina Faso
Dagaari Dioula (dgd), which is spoken mainly in Burkina Faso, and has significant influence from the genetically unrelated Dioula language

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