Dogoso, or Black Dogose (''Doghosie-Fing''), is a
Gur language
The Gur languages, also known as Central Gur or Mabia, belong to the Niger–Congo languages. They are spoken in the Sahelian and savanna regions of West Africa, namely: in most areas of Burkina Faso, and in south-central Mali, northeastern Iv ...
of
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...
. Other than
Khe, with which it is 50–60% lexically similar, is distant from other languages, including the neighboring
Dogosé language.
Names include ''Bambadion-Dogoso ~ Bambadion-Dokhosié'' and variations on 'Black Dogose': ''Dorhosié-Finng, Dorossié-Fing, Dorhosié-Noirs''.
References
Gur languages
Languages of Burkina Faso
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