Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 dgd
Dagaari Dioula Language
Dagaari Dioula is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 1.1 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Dagaari Dioula is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Dagaari Dioula
Language family
- Atlantic-Congo
- Volta-Congo
- North Volta-Congo
- Gur
- Central Gur
- Northern Central Gur
- Bwamu-Oti-Volta
- Oti-Volta
- Nuclear Oti-Volta
- Gurma-Yom-Oti-Volta Occidental
- Oti-Volta Occidental
- Nuclear Oti-Volta Occidental
- Northwest Oti-Volta
- Safaliba-Dagaare
- Dagaaric
- Central-South Dagaric
- South Dagaric
- Dagaari Dioula
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Dagaari Dioula language
Dagaari Dioula is spoken by about 1.1 million people, which makes it the 442nd most spoken language in the world — just behind Southern Dagaare (1.1 million) and ahead of Northern Dagara (1.1 million). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the South Dagaric group within the North Volta-Congo branch.
Where is Dagaari Dioula spoken?
Dagaari Dioula is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Burkina Faso (1.1 million).
Dagaari Dioula is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Dagaari Dioula is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Southern Dagaare, Northern Dagara, Mossi, Farefare, Dagbani, Kabiyè and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 dgd.
Frequently asked questions about Dagaari Dioula
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.