Dagbani (language)

Dagbani
Spoken in	Ghana
speaker	800,000 (2004SIL)
Linguistic classification	Niger-Congo Atlantic Congo Volta Congo Gur languages Oti-Volta west Southeast Dagbani
Official status
Official language in	one of the national languages ​​of Ghana
Language codes
ISO 639 -1	-
ISO 639 -2	nic
ISO 639-3	dag

Dagbani is the language of the Dagomba in Ghana , which is spoken by about 800,000 (2004 SIL) residents.

These live mainly northeast around Tamale to the distribution area of Yendi . Dagbani is also a commercial language.

Alternative names are Dagbane, Dagomba, and Dagbamba. A dialect of Dagbani is Nanuni (Nanumba). There is 95% agreement with Mampruli , 90% with Talni and 89% with Kusaal .

See also

• List of languages ​​in Ghana
• Languages ​​of Ghana

Web links

• Ethnologue.com
• Dagbani-English dictionary (PDF file; 896 kB)