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Farefare

Kasem · Frafra / Upper East and southern Burkina Faso; not Kasem · Language

Farefare (Frafra, Gurenɛ) is a Gur language of the Oti-Volta group spoken by the Frafra of the Upper East Region and in southern Burkina Faso. Its main varieties are Gurenɛ (Ghana), Nankani/Ninkare and Boone. It is closely related to Dagbani and Mooré, and only distantly to Kasem.

Farefare is spoken around Bolgatanga and Bongo, and its Nankani variety across the border in Burkina Faso.

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