Farefare > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Farefare
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Gurenne; Nankane; Frafra; Gurune; Nankani; Ninkare; Gurne
Spoken in:
Burkina Faso, Ghana
Number of speakers:
820,000 in Ghana (2003), increasing. Up to 656,000 in Upper East region, and at least 164,000 in various towns and cities in other regions (2003). Population total all countries: 845,100
(Ethnologue)
Code:
gur
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Northwest Western Oti-Volta (nwov)
Child Dialects:
Talni; Talne; Talensi; Talene (gur-tal)
Gudeni (gur-gud)
Frafra (gur-fra)
Booni (gur-boo)
Gurune; Gudenne; Gurenne; Gudeni; Zuadeni (gur-gur)
Nabt; Nabte; Namnam; Nabit; Nabde; Nabdam; Nabdug; Nabrug; Nabnam (gur-nab)
Nankana (gur-nan)
Nankani; Nankanse; Naani (gur-nak)

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