Dagaare

Dagaare
Native to	Ghana, Burkina Faso
Ethnicity	Dagaaba people
Native speakers	1.1 million (2001–2003)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Gur Northern Oti–Volta Moré–Dagbani Moré Dagaare
Writing system	Latin (Dagaare alphabet) Dagaare Braille
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: dga – Southern Dagaare dgd – Dagaari Dioula dgi – Northern Dagara
Glottolog	sout2789  (Southern Dagaare) daga1272  (Dagaari Dioula) nort2780  (Northern Dagara)
Majority areas of Northern Dagara speakers, in red, on a map of Burkina Faso.

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: