User:Lexxdavv/Dagaare language

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Covers mainly the Upper West Region of Ghana

Varieties can be found in the Savanna of Ghana

In Burkina, Faso Dagaare is known as Dagara

Central Dagaare is the standard dialect in educational settings in Ghana, Church Literature, and radio broadcast.

Waale which is commonly known as the Southern Dagaare language known in Wa and Kaleo stems from Dagaare language

Southern Dagaare was used as a trade language throughout Bodomo (1997)

** All above from preface from Ali M, Grimm S, Ali M (2021)**

The lexical variation comes from 4 different dialects zones: Northern, Central, Western, and Southern

Southern dialects are Waale and Manlaale

** Preface pg 2 - Ali M, Grimm S, Ali M (2021)**

Also sister languages in Lead

Phonology:
The consonant and vowel sounds in the Dagaare languages :

Consonants:
Dagaare consonants on a general scale contains twenty-five consonants and two glides, aka semi-consonants where the certain counterparts may differ. Such as the /h/, /l/, and /m/ counter-part glottal-implosives from Dagaare in its Northern dialect (Burkina Faso).

Sentence types
Dagaare is from research a SVO language, with differences in such where complexities which become complicated as the sentences further away from being basic. There are three basic types, and examples of one are below;

(43)

'nààná'

'Naana lá foc'

‘That is Naana.’

(44)

á sákúúrì lá  nyɛ́

DEF school FOC this

This is the school.

These are some verbal examples that do not actually have an overt verb within the structure and show how Verb-less sentence structures are formed.

( W.I.P. The other two would be imperative (Generally speaking, one presence distinctive aspect of Mabia syntax would be the canonical declarative sentence and main verb....) and negation (Negation s when preverbal particles are expressed in the language. Dagaare expressions as such would be situational to creating mood in the language before the NP as shown by )

(49)

Dàkóráá dà bà nyú à  kòɔ́

Dakoraa pst  neg drinkdefwater

‘         Dakoraa did not drink the water.’

(50)

Tá nyú!

neg drink

‘Don’t drink!’