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Number: 209

Language: More

Alternate Name: Moore

Location: C Burkina Faso

Population: 2 million

Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Kurumfe-Oti-Volta

Grammar: GD: Alexandre, R. P. 1953. La langue möré, 2 vols. Dakar: IFAN .

TextBooks: Socquet, ??. 1952. Manuel-grammaire mossi. Dakar: IFAN.

Other Sources: Canu, Gaston. 1969. Contes mossi actuels. Dakar: IFAN.

Consonant system:

   p t c k
b d ɟ ɡ
f s h
v z
m n ñ
    l
    ɾ

Stops: p b t d c ɟ k ɡ

Fricatives: f v s z h

Nasals: m n ñ

Laterals: l

Vibrants: ɾ

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

i u
I ʋ
e o
a

Front Vowels: i I e

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u ʋ o

Long Vowels: v̄ all

Nasal Vowels:

ı̃ ẽ ã ũ õ
ı̃̄ ẽ̄ ã̄ ũ̄ ȭ

Modified Vowels: vowel harmony

Syllable: (C)V(C)

Tones: hi mid lo

Stress: root initial

Noun Number: s p

Noun Classes: 7: human, trees, instruments, places, body parts, fruits, plants, abstract, collectives, diminutives

Demonstratives: 2 + ref

Articles: def

Pronouns:

1 4
2 5
3 6

Syntax: SVO NA GN ND N-NUM POSS-N N+A+Num+D

Prep/Post: (PREP)/POST

Number: 211

Language: Dagara

Alternate Name: Dagaare

Location: Burkina Faso

Population: 75,000

Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Kurumfe-Oti-Volta

Grammar: GD: Prost, A. and L. Girault . 1958. Abrégé de langue dagara: Grammaire et dictionnaire. Bobo-Dioulasso: Diocèse de Bobo-Dioulasso.

Other Sources: Girault, L. 1967. Description phonologique du dagara. Dakar: Univ of Dakar.

Consonant system:

   p t̪ c k kp ʔ
b ^ʔb d̪ ɡ ɡb
f s̪ s h
v z̪ ɣ
m ^ʔm n̪ ŋ ŋm
    l̪ l̪^ɯ
    r

Stops: p b ^ʔb t̪ d̪ c k ɡ kp ɡb ʔ

Fricatives: f v s̪ z̪ š ɣ h

Nasals: m ^ʔm n̪ ŋ ŋm

Laterals: l̪ l̪^ɯ

Vibrants: r

Modified Consonants:

c̄ b m n l r
c^j all but ^ʔb c ^ʔm r
c^w all but ^ʔb c kp ɡb h ^ʔm ŋ ŋm r

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

i u
e o
ɛ ɔ
a

Front Vowels: i e ɛ

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u o ɔ

Long Vowels: v̄ all

Nasal Vowels:

ı̃ ẽ ã ũ õ
ı̃̄ ẽ̃̄ ã̄ ũ̄ ȭ

Diphthongs: ie iɛ iu io uo oɔ (ai ɔi)

Syllable: (C)V(ɣ)(C)

Tones: hi mid low

Stress: always on root

Noun Number: s p

Noun Classes: 7

Articles: def

Syntax: SVO NA GN ND POSS-N

Prep/Post: POST

Number: 212

Language: Kusaal

Location: NE Ghana (Upper)

Population: 517,000

Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Kurumfe-Oti-Volta

Other Sources:

Spratt, David and Nancy Spratt. 1968 The Phonology of Kusal. Accra: Institute of African Studies, Univ of Ghana.
Spratt, David and Nancy Spratt. 1972. Kusal Syntax. Accra: Institute of African Studies, Univ of Ghana.

Consonant system:

   p^h t^h k^h kp ʔ
b d ɡ ɡb
f s h
v z
m n ŋ
    l
    ɹ̣

Stops: p^h b t^h d k^h ɡ kp ɡb ʔ

Fricatives: f v s z h

Nasals: m n ŋ

Laterals: l

Vibrants: ɹ̣

Glides: j w w̃

Vowel system:

i u
I ʋ
e o
ɛ ɔ
a

Front Vowels: i I e ɛ

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u ʋ o ɔ

Long Vowels: v̄ all

Nasal Vowels:

Ĩ ɛ̃ ã ʋ̃ ɔ Ĩ̄ ɛ̃̄ ã̄ ʋ̃̄ ɔ̃̄

Syllable: (C)V(C) Nˈ

Tones: hi mid fall

Noun Number: s p

Demonstratives: 2

Articles: def

Pronouns:

1 4
2 5
3Pn 6
3 has 2 forms: (1) 3 plain (=he, she, it), (2) 3 neuter (=it)

Syntax: SVO NA GN ND N-NUM POSS-N

Prep/Post: PREP/POST

Number: 217

Language: Dagbani

Location: N Ghana (Northern)

Population: 409,000

Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Kurumfe-Oti-Volta

Other Sources:

Wilson, W. A. A. 1963. "Relative Constructions in Dagbani," JAL 2, 139-44.
Laguage Guide (Dagbani Edition). 1968. Accra: Bureau of Ghana Languages.
Wilson, W. A. A. and J. T. Bender-Samuel. 1969. "The Phonology of the Nominal in Dagbani," Linguistics 52, 56-82.

Consonant system:

   p t k kp
b d ɡ ɡb
    č
    ɡ̌
f s š (h)
v z ž
m n̪ ñ ŋ ŋm
    l

Stops: p b t d k ɡ kp ɡb

Affricates: č ɡ̌

Fricatives: f v s z š ž (h)

Nasals: m n̪ ñ ŋ ŋm

Laterals: l

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

i u
e ǝ o
a

Front Vowels: i e

Central Vowels: ǝ a

Back Vowels: u o

Long Vowels: v̄ all but ǝ

Tones: hi lo downstep

Noun Number: s p

Noun Classes: noun classes

Pronouns:

1 4
2 5
3ai 6ai

Syntax: SVO NA ND N-NUM POSS-N

Prep/Post: POST

Number: 218

Language: Dagbani

Dialect: Mampruli

Location: N Ghana (Northern)

Population: 409,000 (85,000)

Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Kurumfe-Oti-Volta

Dictionary: Arana, Evangelina and Mauricio Swadesh. 1967. Diccionario analitico del mampruli. Mexico City: Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia.

Consonant system:

   p t̪ k kp ʔ
b d̪ ɡ ɡb
    (č)
    (ɡ̌)
f s̪ (h)
v z̪
m n̪ ñ (ŋ) ŋm
    l̪
    (ɾ)

Stops: p b t̪ d̪ k ɡ kp ɡb ʔ

Affricates: (č) (ɡ̌)

Fricatives: f v s̪ z̪ (h)

Nasals: m n̪ ñ (ŋ) ŋm

Laterals: l̪

Vibrants: (ɾ)

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

I ʋ
ɛ ɔ
a

Front Vowels: I ɛ

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: ʋ ɔ

Long Vowels: ī ē ā ū ō

Syllable: (C)(C)V(C)

Tones: hi lo ris fall

Stress: root initial

Noun Number: s p

Demonstratives: 3

Pronouns:

1 4
2 5
3 6

Syntax: SVO NA ND

Prep/Post: POST

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