Doghose language

Doghose language
Dogosé
Doghose
Spoken in Burkina Faso
Ethnicity Lobi people
Native speakers 20,000  (date missing)
Language family
Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Gur
      • Southern Gur
        • Doghose–Gan
          • Dogosé
Language codes
ISO 639-3 dos

Dogosé, or Doghose, is a Gur language of Burkina Faso.

There are multiple spellings of this name, due to the difficulties of spelling the second consonant, [ɣ]. Dogosé is currently preferred, but traditional Doghose is found in much of the literature. Rarer spellings are (Doro) Doghosié, Dokhosié, Dorhossié, Dorhosye, Dorosie, Dorossé and, with a different suffix, Dokhobe, Dorobé.

Dialect, which are close, are Klamaasise, Mesise, Lutise, Gbeyãse, Sukurase, Gbogorose.



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