Dagaare

WALS coordinates: 10° 30′ N, 2° 40′ W

spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana

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Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Dagara
Routledge:
  • Dagaari
Other:
  • Dagare
ISO 639-3:

Features

ID Feature Value Area References  
10A Vowel Nasalization Contrast present Phonology
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10B Nasal Vowels in West Africa two-way nasal vs. oral vowel contrast (/ṽ/ vs. /V/) with nasal spreading Phonology
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27A Reduplication Productive full and partial reduplication Morphology
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37A Definite Articles Definite word distinct from demonstrative Nominal Categories
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38A Indefinite Articles No indefinite, but definite article Nominal Categories
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44A Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns 3rd person non-singular only Nominal Categories
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48A Person Marking on Adpositions No person marking Nominal Categories
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55A Numeral Classifiers Absent Nominal Categories
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81A Order of Subject, Object and Verb SVO Word Order
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82A Order of Subject and Verb SV Word Order
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83A Order of Object and Verb VO Word Order
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85A Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase Postpositions Word Order
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86A Order of Genitive and Noun Genitive-Noun Word Order
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87A Order of Adjective and Noun Noun-Adjective Word Order
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88A Order of Demonstrative and Noun Noun-Demonstrative Word Order
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89A Order of Numeral and Noun Noun-Numeral Word Order
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95A Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase VO and Postpositions Word Order
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97A Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun VO and NAdj Word Order
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100A Alignment of Verbal Person Marking Neutral Simple Clauses
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101A Expression of Pronominal Subjects Obligatory pronouns in subject position Simple Clauses
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102A Verbal Person Marking No person marking Simple Clauses
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103A Third Person Zero of Verbal Person Marking No person marking Simple Clauses
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104A Order of Person Markers on the Verb A and P do not or do not both occur on the verb Simple Clauses
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105A Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' Double-object construction Simple Clauses
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107A Passive Constructions Absent Simple Clauses
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112A Negative Morphemes Negative particle Simple Clauses
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121A Comparative Constructions Exceed Simple Clauses
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138A Tea Words derived from Min Nan Chinese te Lexicon
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143A Order of Negative Morpheme and Verb NegV Word Order
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143E Preverbal Negative Morphemes NegV Word Order
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143F Postverbal Negative Morphemes None Word Order
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143G Minor morphological means of signaling negation None Word Order
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144A Position of Negative Word With Respect to Subject, Object, and Verb SNegVO Word Order
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144B Position of negative words relative to beginning and end of clause and with respect to adjacency to verb Immed preverbal Word Order
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144D The Position of Negative Morphemes in SVO Languages SNegVO Word Order
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144H NegSVO Order No NegSVO Word Order
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144I SNegVO Order Word&NoDoubleNeg Word Order
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144J SVNegO Order No SVNegO Word Order
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144K SVONeg Order No SVONeg Word Order
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