 dagbani (dagbane), also known as dagbanli and dagbanle, is a gur language spoken in ghana which is closely related to and mutually intelligible with the mampelle and nanumba languages which are also spoken in northern region, ghana. dagbani is also similar to the other languages of the same subgroup spoken in this region, dagaare and waala languages, spoken in upper west region of ghana, and the frafra language, spoken in upper east region of ghana.  its native speakers are estimated around 825,736 and are primarily of the dagomba people. dagbani is also widely known as a second language in the northern region of ghana. it is a compulsory subject in primary and junior high school in the dagbon kingdom, which covers the eastern part of the region. ==dialects== dagbani has a major dialect split between eastern dagbani, centred on the traditional capital town of yendi, and western dagbani centred on the administrative capital of the northern region, tamale. the dialects are however mutually intelligible and mainly consist of different root vowels in some lexemes, and different forms or pronunciations of some nouns, particularly those referring to local flora. the forms dagbani and dagbanli given above for the name of the language are respectively the eastern and western dialect forms of the name, but the dagbani orthography committee resolved that âit was decided that in the spelling system is used to refer to the ... language, and ... to the life and cultureâ: in the spoken language each dialect used its from of the name for both functions. ==phonology== ===vowels=== dagbani has eleven phonemic vowels: six short and five long vowels: {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: cente
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