Gurma people
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Gurma (also called Gourma or Gourmantché) is an ethnic group living mainly in northeastern Ghana, Burkina Faso, around Fada N'Gourma, and also in northern areas of Togo and Benin, as well as southwestern Niger. They number approximately 1,750,000.
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"Gourma" redirects here. For the province in Burkina Faso, see Gourma Province.
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Total population | |
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~3.6 million"The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-19.</ref> [1] | |
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Ghana | 1,845,255 (2021)[1] |
Burkina Faso | 1,496,786 (2021)[1] |
Niger | 188,846 (2021)[1] |
Languages | |
Gourmanché, French, Ngangam, Ntcham, Nateni | |
Religion | |
Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
other Gur peoples |
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People | bigurmanceba |
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Language | migurmancema |
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They might include the Bassaries who live in northern Togo and the Northern Volta of Kingdom of Dagbon, Ghana.
Gurma is also the name of a language spoken by the Gurma people, which is part of the Gur language family. See Gurmanchema language and Oti-Volta languages for related languages spoken by the Gurma.