Dagaare

Dagaare

natural language, modern language

Aŋa yitaalombile	Oti–Volta
Paaloŋ	Burkina Faso, Ghana
Linguistic typology	subject–verb–object
Writing system	Latin script
Ethnologue language status	4 Educational

• A bie ama boɔloo ane lɛ anaŋ naŋ voonoo: ⟨à è ɛ̀ ì ɩ̀ ò ɔ̀ ù ʋ̀⟩ ;
• A bie naŋ maŋ sagra kpeɛŋaa: ⟨á é ɛ́ í ɩ́ ó ɔ́ ú ʋ́⟩ ;

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  Dagaare Wikidata Lexicon Contest 1, first prize winner

  Anaŋ meŋ naŋ sagra a zele soga poɔŋ:[a].

Nyɔ-ɛremɛ ne nyɔ-ɛroŋ sɛgebinyaane bee voonebinyaane.

• Nyɔ-ɛremɛ sɛgebinyaŋene; ana la sɛgebie na a boɔloo saŋa a nɔpoɔ nandaare mine naŋ maŋ tage laŋ, a pigi noɔre pɛnnoŋ tuyiibu foɔlaa, ka a pɛnnoo wa fãã kyɛ leɛ te tu a nyɔbogoŋ yi. A nyɔbogo tuyiibu la maŋ wane a nyɔ-ɛremɛ voonoo. Ka ana la: {m, n ane ŋ}. A zaaŋ voona
• Nyɔ-eɛroŋ sɛgebinyaŋene; a nyɔ-eremɛ bondemannewulaa ŋa (~) la maŋ wuli sɛgebinyaŋaa nyɔ-eɛroŋ Dagaareŋ, ka onaŋ wa do dɔgle sɛgebinyaŋaa zusoga aseŋ {ã, ẽ, ĩ, õ, ũ, ɛ̃,} ane a mine wuli ka ana sɛgebinyaŋaa na erɛ la nyoore. Aseŋ yelbie poɔ; kãã, kõɔ, pãã ane amine.

Kyɛlle kyɛ

Ka sɛgebinyaŋaa wa are tu nyɔ-eremɛ sɛgebidaa, o maŋ ferɛ la a sɛgebinyaŋaa ka o meŋ ferɛ erɛ nyoore, a lɛ na a ba maŋ la maale ka fo de a nyɔ-eremɛ bondemannewulaa na dɔgle a sɛgebinyaŋaa zu na wuli o nyɔ-eɛroŋ.

Dagaare alphabet (Ghana)

Uppercase
A	B	D	E	Ɛ	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	Ŋ	O	Ɔ	P	R	S	T	U	V	W	Y	Z
Lowercase
a	b	d	e	ɛ	f	g	h	i	j	k	l	m	n	ŋ	o	ɔ	p	r	s	t	u	v	w	y	z

Voonebie Tutaaloŋ "Phonology"

Voonebidaare ane Voonebinyaane naŋ na voono a Dagaare Kɔkɔre poɔŋ la ama a puliŋ kyɛ.

Voonebinyaane "Vowels"

	Niŋe	Soga	puoriŋ
Close	i		u
Near-close	ɪ		ʊ
Close-mid	e		o
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open		a

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio- velar	Glottal
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	t͡ɕ	k	k͡p	ʔ
	voiced	b	d	d͡ʑ	ɡ	ɡ͡b
Fricative	voiceless	f	s				h
	voiced	v	z
	glottalized						ˀh
Nasal	plain	m	n	ɲ	ŋ	ŋ͡m
	glottalized	ˀm
Lateral	plain		l
	glottalized		ˀl
Approximant				j		w

Allophones of /d, ɡ/ include [r, ɣ~ɡ̆].

Kɔkɔre Merɛ

Voonoo"Tone"

Dagaare eɛ kɔkɔre maŋ e bone bee Kɔkɔre naŋ voona ka yelbo poɔ pãã la, gbɛɛ yaga yaga o maŋ sagra la kpeɛŋaa. A Kɔkɔre taa la merɛ; anaŋ la a Kɔkɔre sɛgebo merɛŋ ane a begɛ.

Yelbie Maaloŋ Tɔna

Bà

Bà „to fix the ground“

 

  

Yuori Yelbie zagere

Yuori Yelbie Gaŋgyereŋ	Singular Form	Noun Stem	Plural Form
Class I	[-Vocal]		[-bɔ']
(+human cl.)	pɔ'ɤɔ' ('woman')	pɔ'g-	pɔ'ɤíbɔ' ('women')
Class II	[-Vocal]		[-rí]
IIa	[-é]		[-rí]
	bìé ('child')	bì-	bíírí ('children')
IIb	[-ó]		[-rí]
	dùó ('pig')	dò-	dòrí ('pigs')
IIc	[-í]		[-rí]
	síɤí ('hut')	síg-	síɤrí ('huts')
Class III	[-í]		[-Vocal]
IIIa	[-í]		[-é]
	gyìlí ('xylophone')	gyìl-	gyìlé ('xylophones')
IIIb	[-í]		[-ɔ']
	pɔ'lí ('path')	pɔ'-	pɔ'lɔ' ('paths')
IIIc	[-í]		[-á]
	váálí ('rubbish')	váál-	váálá ('rubbish')
Class IV	[-rʊʊ]		[-rì]
	pírʊʊ ('sheep')	pí-	píírì ('sheep')
Class V	[-∅]		[-rí]
	túú ('forest')	tùù-	túúrí ('forest')
Class VI	[-rì]		[-Vocal]
VIa	[-rì]		[-è]
	bírì ('seed')	bí-	bíè ('seeds')
VIb	[-rí]		[-ó]
	tóórí ('ear')	tóó-	tòbó ('ears')
VIc	[-rí]		[-á]
	yàgrí ('cheek')	yàg-	yàɤá ('cheeks')
Class VII	Nasal+Vocal		Nasal+Vocal
VIIa	[-ní]		[-mà]
	gání ('book')	gán-	gámà ('books')
VIIb	[-mʊ]		[-má]
	táamʊ ('bow')	tàn-	támá ('bows')
VIIc	[-ŋé]		[-ní]
	bìŋé ('pen')	bìŋ-	bìnní ('pens')
VIId	[-ŋó]		[-ní]
	bòŋó ('donkey')	bòŋ-	bònní ('donkeys')
VIIe	[-∅]		[-nɛɛ]
-count plurals	dɑ̃ɑ̃' ('pito')	dɑ̃ɑ̃'-	dɑ̃ɑ̃'nɛɛ ('pito')
Class VIII	[-áá]		[-í]
	gbíŋgbíláá ('drying spot')	gbígbíl-	gbíŋgbíllí ('drying spots')
Class IX	[-ù]		(no plural)
(derived n.)	Dúóù ('climbing')	dó-
Class X	(no singular)		[-úŋ]
		bùùl-	búúlúŋ ('porridge')

Yo-leɛrɛ

Yo-leɛrɛ

Dagaare, yo-leɛrɛ yelbie maŋ eɛ yelbie baŋ na maŋ are ko yuori yelbie poɔ, a meŋ maŋ wulo tɛɛtɛɛloŋ nensaalba poɔŋ.

	Subject (Nom)		Object (Acc)
	Weak Form	Strong Form
(human)
1st SG	n	maa	ma
2nd SG	fo	foo	fo
3rd SG	o	onɔ	o
1st PL	te	tenee	te
2nd PL	yɛ	yɛnee	yɛ
3rd PL	ba	bana	ba
(non-human)
3rd PL	a	ana	a

Yo-leɛre Saane

A meŋ maŋ wuli la yelluŋ bee yelbie aŋa meŋɛ bee meŋɛ tɔr yelyenaa meŋ e menne bee menne tɔr meŋ wulo yagroŋ.

Weak reflexive pronouns	Strong reflexive pronouns
n mengɛ (tɔr) ('myself')	maa mengɛ ('me, myself')
fo mengɛ (tɔr) ('yourself')	foo mengɛ ('you, yourself')
o mengɛ (tɔr) ('him-/herself')	onɔ mengɛ ('s/he, him-/herself')
te menne (tɔr) ('ourselves')	tenee menne ('we, ourselves')
yɛ menne (tɔr) ('yourselves')	yɛnee menne ('you, yourselves')
ba menne (tɔr) ('themselves')	bana menne ('they, themselves')
a menne (tɔr) ('themselves', non-human)	ana menne ('they, themselves', non-human)

De-koobu Yo-leɛre

Dagaare, te seŋ tɔ, tɔ soba, taa ane taaba.  

Sooroo yo-leɛre

Dagaare	Bɔrefɔ
bong, boluu	what
boo	which one, which of them
baboo, babobo	which of them (human)
aboo, abobo	which of them (non-human)
ang	who (human, singular)
ang mine	who (human, plural)