The Gurma languages, also known as the West Mabia languages,
[ Bodomo, Adams. 2020.]
Mabia: Its Etymological Genesis, Geographical Spread, and some Salient Genetic Features
" In: Bodomo A., Abubakari H. & Issah, S. 2020. ''Handbook of the Mabia Languages of West Africa''. Galda Verlag, Berlin, Germany. 400 pages, ISBN 978-3-96203-117-6 (Print) ISBN 978-3-96203-118-3 (E-Book) form part of the
Oti–Volta subgroup of the
Gur languages
The Gur languages, also known as Central Gur or Mabia, belong to the Niger–Congo languages. They are spoken in the Sahelian and savanna regions of West Africa, namely: in most areas of Burkina Faso, and in south-central Mali, northeastern Ivor ...
. They are spoken in eastern
Burkina Faso
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, northern
Ghana
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,
Togo
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and
Benin
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and western
Niger
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.
The languages are:
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Ngangam
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Gourmanchéma (Gurma)
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Moba (Bimoba)
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Ntcham (Akaselem)
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Miyobe
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Konkomba
References
Oti–Volta languages
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