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The Gur languages, also known as Central Gur or Mabia, belong to the Niger–Congo languages. They are spoken in the Sahelian and savanna regions of West Africa, namely: in most areas of Burkina Faso, and in south-central Mali, northeastern Ivory Coast, the northern halves of Ghana and Togo, northwestern Benin, and southwestern Niger. A few Gur languages are spoken in Nigeria. Additionally, a single Gur language, Baatonum, is spoken in Benin and in the extreme northwest of Nigeria. Three other single Gur languages, the Tusya, Vyemo and Tiefo languages, are spoken in Burkina Faso. Another unclassified Gur language, Miyobe, is spoken in Benin and Togo. In addition, Kulango, Loma and Lorhon, are spoken in Ghana, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. Additionally, a few Mossi speakers are in Senegal, and speakers of the Dagaare language are also found in Cameroon. The Samu languages of Burkina Faso are Gur languages.
Dagaare language are also found in Cameroon. The Samu languages of Burkina Faso are Gurlanguages. Like most Niger–Congo languages, the ancestor of Gur languages...
Look up gur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gur or GUR may refer to: Gur, Tibet, China Gur, Iran Gur-e Sefid, Kermanshah, Iran Gur (river), Russia...
Senufo languages are bounded to the west by Mande languages, to the south by Kwa languages, and to the north and east by Central Gurlanguages. The Senufo...
Adangme) Gbe languages (Ewe) Gurlanguages (Gurunsi, Dagbani, Mossi, Dagaare, and Frafra in Oti–Volta) Senufo languages (Nafaanra) Kulango languages Mande languages...
The Savannas languages, also known as Gur–Adamawa or Adamawa–Gur, is a branch of the Niger–Congo languages that includes Greenberg's Gur and Adamawa–Ubangui...
Niger-Congo. Unlike the Gurlanguages, which are SVO, Miyobe has SOV word order like the Senufo, Mande, and Dogon languages. In Togo, Miyobe is spoken...
seventy or so indigenous languages fall into five main branches of the Niger–Congo family. In the southeastern quadrant are Kwa languages, some such as Baoulé...
Maninke, Minyanka, Senufo, Songhay languages, Soninke and Tamasheq are official languages. French is the working language. French, which was introduced during...
The Grũsi or Gurunsi languages, also known as the East Mabia languages, are a group of Gurlanguages, comprising about 20 languages spoken by the Gurunsi...
Dyula, and Peul are also official languages. This has caused consternation with speakers of the other languages, who have protested it as an injustice...
widely spoken languages of Northern Ghana, and also Moore, the largest African language of Burkina Faso (and the largest of all Gurlanguages, with millions...
independent member of the Savanna languages, but some consider it and a number of other languages, such as Miyobe, as a Gurlanguage. However, other than Bariba...
Kasena or Kassena (Kasem or Kassem) is the language of the Kassena ethnic group and is a Gurlanguage spoken in the Upper East Region of northern Ghana...
the other half in Benin. Ditammari is one of the Gurlanguages. There are two versions of the language, Eastern Ditammari and Western Ditammari. Western...
principal Bwa language, Eastern Bobo Wule (Buamu, Bwamu), is a Gurlanguage of Burkina Faso. It is one of several closely related languages with the name...
The Goulsse alphabet was created for writing Gurlanguages of West Africa, such as Mossi and Kasem. It was developed in 2022 by two people, Wenitte Apiou...
and Kabiyé - as national languages, meaning that they are promoted in formal education and the media. The two national languages tend to be used regionally...
regionally important languages, including Bariba (a Gurlanguage) and Fulfulde. Education for the deaf in Benin uses American Sign Language, introduced by the...
The Bwa languages (Bwamu, Bomu) are a branch of the Gurlanguages spoken by over half a million Bwa people of Burkina Faso and Mali. The Bwa people, and...
(Wiktionary) Gbe languages Kru languagesGurlanguages MEK Dakubu (2005). "Kwa Languages". In Keith Brown (ed.). Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics...
spelled Cɛfɔ, Tiéfo, Kiefo, Tyeforo, is a language of Burkina Faso. It may be a peripheral member of the Gurlanguages, but it is of uncertain affiliation....
people. Moba is part of the Gurma subgroup of the Gurlanguages. It is related to the Konkomba language of the Konkomba people. Bimoba people Moba at Ethnologue...
Vigye, is a language of Burkina Faso. It may be a member of the Gurlanguage, but it is of uncertain affiliation within the Niger-Congo languages. It is spoken...
and Adamawa-Gurlanguages: The evidence of the cultural vocabulary. Kramer & Kießling (eds.) Current approaches to Adamawa and Fur languages, Cologne 20l8...
and Efik proper. The single Gurlanguage spoken is Baatọnun, in the extreme Northwest. The Adamawa–Ubangian languages are spoken between central Nigeria...
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