Dagaare is the maternal language of the Dagaaba people in Ghana and Burkina Faso. It has been described as a dialect continuum that also includes Waale and Birifor.
Ethnologue divides Dagaare into three languages:
- Southern Dagaare language (dga), which is spoken mainly in Ghana
- Northern Dagara language (dgi), which is spoken mainly in Burkina Faso
- Dagaari Dioula (dgd), which is spoken mainly in Burkina Faso, and has significant influence from the genetically unrelated Dioula language
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