Niger-Congo family
Dagbani
c. 1200 CE – today Living
Dagbani (c. 1200 CE – today) is a living Niger-Congo language. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Atlantic-Congo → Proto-Gur → Dagbani.
See Dagbani on the interactive map- Speakers
- 1.2M (1,200,000)
- ISO 639-3
- dag
Oti-Volta language of the Dagomba of northern Ghana, closely related to Mooré.
Lineage
- Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
- Proto-Atlantic-Congoc. 7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCE
- Proto-Gurc. 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Dagbanic. 1200 CE – today
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Proto-Gur.