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Dagara, Northern

A language of Burkina Faso

ISO 639-3: dgi

Population	388,000 (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk).
Region	Southwest, Poni, Bougouriba, Sissili, Mouhoun provinces.
Language map	Burkina Faso, reference number 41
Alternate names	Dagaare, Dagaari, Dagari, Dagati, Degati, Dogaari, Northern Dagaare
Dialects	Lober (Lobr), Wule, Nura (Lawra Lobi). Dagara and Birifor [bfo] are partly intelligible.
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Northern, Oti-Volta, Western, Northwest, Dagaari-Birifor, Dagaari
Language use	All ages. Positive attitude.
Language development	Radio programs. TV. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 2006.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	The people are called ‘Dagaaba’. Different from Southern Dagaare in Ghana. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HIEN, Noé; SOMÉ, Marcel, authors. 2001. Zi-lɩɛb yɛ sor bie (Des pas vers le développement: livre de thèmes de sensibilisation en langue dagara) (wule).

Vernacular Publications

A bɛ-kal yele. 2000.

A bi-ble guolu yele. 1999.

Cãa bɩ́ɛrɛ! nɩ-bɛrɛ kanʋ sɛbɛ: zánʋ ayi, sɛbɛ dãw nĩw sob. 2004.

Tɩ zana a sɔrʋ: sɛbɛ ayi sob (zan-zanma sɛbɛ). 2000.

Tɩ zana a sɔrʋ: sɛbɛ dɔw nĩw sob; Zan-zanma sɛbɛ. 2000.

Wul-wulo tʋmɔ sɛbɛ ayi sob: kanʋ nɩ yɛr-wõ-taa - sɛwb - sɔrʋ. 2000.

Wul-wulo tʋmɔ sɛbɛ dɔw nĩw sob: Yɛr-wõ-taa - Kanʋ - Sɛwb - Sɔrʋ. 2000.

Yɛ bãwfʋ sor: dagara kanʋ sɛbɛ na yi a nãaŋmɩn sɛbɛ pʋɔ; sɛbɛ dãw nĩw sob (Zanʋ 1 tɩ ta n 30). 1999.

Yɛ̃ bɔ̃wfʋ sor ƴer-wõ-taa sɛbɛ (Guide pour les causeries pour le syllabaire en dagara (wule) à contenu biblique Yɛ̃ bɔ̃wfʋ sor. 2007.

Zánʋ ayi wul-wulo tʋmɔ sɛbɛ dɔ̃w nĩw sob. 2004.