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- Gur_languages abstract "The Gur languages, also known as Central Gur, belong to the Niger–Congo languages. There are about 70 languages belonging to this group. They are spoken in the sahelian and savanna regions of West Africa, namely: in Burkina Faso, southern Mali, northeastern Ivory Coast, the northern halves of Ghana and Togo, northwestern Benin, and southwestern Niger; with the easternmost Gur language Baatonun, spoken in the extreme northwest of Nigeria.Like most Niger–Congo languages, the ancestor of Gur languages probably had a noun class system; many of today's languages have reduced this to a system of nominal genders or declensions or no longer have a class system. A common property of Gur languages is the verbal aspect marking. Many Gur languages are tonal. The tonal systems of Gur languages are rather divergent. Most Gur languages have been describe following the model of a two tone downstep system.Koelle first mentions twelve Gur languages in his 1854 Polyglotta Africana, which represent ten languages in modern classification. Notably, he correctly identified these languages as being related to one another; his 'North-Eastern High Sudan' corresponds to Gur in modern classification.The Gur family was previously called Voltaic following the French name (langues) Voltaïques (named after the Volta river). It was once considered to be more extensive than it is often regarded today, including the Senufo languages and a number of small language isolates. The membership of Senufo was rejected for example by Tony Naden. Williamson and Blench place Senufo as a separate branch of Atlantic–Congo and other non-Central Gur languages somewhat closer as separate branches of the Savanna languages. The closest relatives of Gur appear to be several branches of the obsolete Adamawa family.".
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- Gur_languages wikiPageExternalLink Gur.aspx.
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- Gur_languages wikiPageLength "5015".
- Gur_languages wikiPageOutDegree "56".
- Gur_languages wikiPageRevisionID "702675847".
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Adamawa_languages.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Atlantic–Congo_languages.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Benin.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Burkina_Faso.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Bwa_languages.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Category:Dagbon.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Category:Gur_languages.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Cerma_language.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Dagbani_language.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Doghose_language.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Dogoso_language.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Downstep.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Dyan_language.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Gender.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Ghana.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Gourmanché_language.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Grammatical_aspect.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Gurunsi_languages.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Ivory_Coast.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Kaansa_language.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Kabye_language.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Khe_language.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Khisa_language.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Koromfe_language.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Leko–Nimbari_languages.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Lobi_language.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Mali.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Mamprusi_language.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Mossi_language.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Niger.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Nigeria.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Niger–Congo_languages.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Noun_class.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Nyingwom_language.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Oti–Volta_languages.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Polyglotta_Africana.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Sahel.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Savanna.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Savanna_languages.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Senufo_languages.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Sigismund_Koelle.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Togo.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Tone_(linguistics).
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Tony_Naden.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Turka_language.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Volta_River.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink Waja_languages.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLink West_Africa.
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLinkText "Gur (Voltaic) languages".
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLinkText "Gur (Voltaic)".
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLinkText "Gur branch".
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLinkText "Gur family".
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLinkText "Gur language group".
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLinkText "Gur language".
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLinkText "Gur languages".
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLinkText "Gur speakers".
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLinkText "Gur".
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLinkText "Gur-speakers".
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLinkText "Gur-speaking".
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLinkText "Voltaic".
- Gur_languages wikiPageWikiLinkText "Voltaiques".
- Gur_languages altname "Central Gur".
- Gur_languages child "Northern".
- Gur_languages child "Southern".
- Gur_languages fam Atlantic–Congo_languages.
- Gur_languages fam Savanna_languages.
- Gur_languages familycolor "Niger-Congo".
- Gur_languages glotto "cent2243".
- Gur_languages glottoname "Gur + Waja–Jen".
- Gur_languages name "Gur".
- Gur_languages region Benin.
- Gur_languages region Burkina_Faso.
- Gur_languages region Ghana.
- Gur_languages region Mali.
- Gur_languages region Togo.
- Gur_languages wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Authority_control.
- Gur_languages wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Clade.
- Gur_languages wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Gur_languages.
- Gur_languages wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_language_family.
- Gur_languages wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Gur_languages subject Category:Dagbon.
- Gur_languages subject Category:Gur_languages.
- Gur_languages type Language.
- Gur_languages type Language.
- Gur_languages type Thing.
- Gur_languages type Concept.
- Gur_languages comment "The Gur languages, also known as Central Gur, belong to the Niger–Congo languages. There are about 70 languages belonging to this group.".
- Gur_languages label "Gur languages".
- Gur_languages sameAs Q33536.
- Gur_languages sameAs Yezhoù_gourek.
- Gur_languages sameAs Gur-Sprachen.
- Gur_languages sameAs Lenguas_gur.
- Gur_languages sameAs Gurilaiset_kielet.