Dogosé
A language of Burkina Faso
| Population | 20,000. |
| Region | Southwest, Comoé Province, Sidéradougou Subdistrict, Ouo, Sidéradougou, Kouere, Koro, and Sirakoro. |
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Burkina Faso, reference number 9 |
| Alternate names | Doghose, Doghosié, Dokhobe, Dokhosié, Dorhossié, Dorhosye, Doro Doghosié, Dorobé, Dorosie, Dorossé |
| Dialects | Klamaasise, Mesise, Lutise, Gbeyãse, Sukurase, Gbogorose. Different from Bambadion dialects Dogoso [dgs] and Khe [kqg]. Regional dialects mutually inherently intelligible. Lexical similarity: 82% with Khisa [kqm], 68% with Kaansa [gna], 15% with Dogoso, 14% with Khe. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Southern, Gan-Dogose |
| Language use | All ages. Also use Jula [dyu]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 3%. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Clans are Ouattara or Coulibaly. Muslim, traditional religion. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
Anonymous. 2004. Dictionnaire Dogosé-Français; Français-Dogosé.
OUATTARA, Lassina, author. 2000. Guide orthographique Dogose.
OUATTARA, Lassina, author. 2000. Guide orthographique Dogosé.
SHOWALTER, Stuart D., author. 2001. The Same but Different: Language Use and Attitudes in Four Communities of Burkina Faso.
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Vernacular Publications
A sɩrɩga nɩpɛ hɩɗanlɔmɩra. 2003.
A sɩrɩga nɩpɛ hɩɗanlɔmɩra. 2004.
Ɓikhoyo na sʋwʋbɩ̃ɩga: Ɗurumʋmʋʔɛ. 2003.
Sʋ̃nɛsɛ, ɓeɗese dɩ̃ɩna fɔlɔŋɔ mɩyɛ gɔlɔmɛ. 2003.

