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Dan language

Dan /ˈdæn/ is a Southern Mande language spoken primarily in Ivory Coast (~800,000 speakers) and Liberia (150,000–200,000 speakers). There is also a population of about 800 speakers in Guinea. Dan is a tonal language, with 9 to 11 contour and register tones, depending on the dialect.

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Ethnicity
Dan people
Glottolog
dann1241
ISO 639-3
Either: dnj – Dan lda – Kla
Language family
MandeEastern MandeSoutheasternMano–DanGuro–DanTura–DanDan · Eastern MandeSoutheasternMano–DanGuro–DanTura–DanDan · SoutheasternMano–DanGuro–DanTura–DanDan · Mano–DanGuro–DanTura–DanDan · Guro–DanTura–DanDan
Native speakers
1.6 million (2012)
Native to
Ivory Coast, Guinea, and Liberia

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Dan language

Nodes7
Edges6
Triples13
Avg. degree1.71
Density0.285714
Components1

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Dan language

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Language family · 7
Dan language → Dan, Eastern MandeSoutheasternMano–DanGuro–DanTura–DanDan, Guro–DanTura–DanDan, MandeEastern MandeSoutheasternMano–DanGuro–DanTura–DanDan, Mano–DanGuro–DanTura–DanDan, SoutheasternMano–DanGuro–DanTura–DanDan, Tura–DanDan
Ethnicity · 1
Dan language → Dan people
Glottolog · 1
Dan language → dann1241
ISO 639-3 · 1
Dan language → Either: dnj – Dan lda – Kla
Native speakers · 1
Dan language → 1.6 million (2012)
Native to · 1
Dan language → Ivory Coast, Guinea, and Liberia
Writing system · 1
Dan language → Latin

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Important terminology

dan language symbols tones eastern speakers kla ipa liberia guinea tone 800 gio mande consonants unicode ivory coast yacouba writing

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Dan languageEthnicityDan people1.00infobox
Dan languageGlottologdann12411.00infobox
Dan languageISO 639-3Either: dnj – Dan lda – Kla1.00infobox
Dan languageLanguage familyMandeEastern MandeSoutheasternMano–DanGuro–DanTura–DanDan1.00infobox
Dan languageLanguage familyEastern MandeSoutheasternMano–DanGuro–DanTura–DanDan1.00infobox
Dan languageLanguage familySoutheasternMano–DanGuro–DanTura–DanDan1.00infobox
Dan languageLanguage familyMano–DanGuro–DanTura–DanDan1.00infobox
Dan languageLanguage familyGuro–DanTura–DanDan1.00infobox
Dan languageLanguage familyTura–DanDan1.00infobox
Dan languageLanguage familyDan1.00infobox
Dan languageNative speakers1.6 million (2012)1.00infobox
Dan languageNative toIvory Coast, Guinea, and Liberia1.00infobox
Dan languageWriting systemLatin1.00infobox

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