Gur
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A group of related languages spoken in West Africa mainly in Mali and Ghana
- noun
- Specialized
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Gur
Synonyms
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A group of related languages that people speak in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana
is the same set of languages but uses a different name
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Gur is a short name used by language experts for a family of languages in West Africa and probably comes from local names for some of the people who speak them. A helpful way to remember Gur is to think of it as a 'group' of related languages, which is exactly what the word refers to.
