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DOS ISO 639-3

Dogosé

A language of Burkina Faso

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Doghose, Doghosié, Dokhobe, Dokhosié, Dorhossié, Dorhosye, Doro Doghosié, Dorobé, Dorosie, Dorossé
Population
20,000 (1991 O. Balagassina).
Location:
Cascades region: Comoe province, Sidéradougou subdistrict, Koro, Kouere, Ouo, Sidéradougou, and Sirakoro; Hauts-Bassins region: Houet province; Sud-Ouest region: Poni province.
Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Southern, Gan-Dogose
Dialects
Klamaasise, Mesise, Lutise, Gbeyãse, Sukurase, Gbogorose. Different from Bambadion dialects Dogoso [dgs] and Khe [kqg]. Lexical similarity: 82% with Khisa [kqm], 68% with Kaansa [gna], 15% with Dogoso [dgs], 14% with Khe [kqg].
Language Use
Used by all. Also use Jula [dyu].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 3%. Literature. Dictionary. NT: 2017.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Dogosé
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments
Clans are Ouattara or Coulibaly. Muslim, traditional religion.

Also Spoken in

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Location: Cascades region: Comoe province, Sidéradougou subdistrict, Koro, Kouere, Ouo, Sidéradougou, and Sirakoro; Hauts-Bassins region: Houet province; Sud-Ouest region: Poni province.