Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Dagaaba people (singular Dagao)) are an ethnic group in the West African nations of Ghana and Burkina Faso. They speak the Dagaare language made up of the related Northern Dagaare language Southern Dagaare language a number of sub dialects. They are related to the Birifor people and the Dagaare Diola. The language is collectively known as Dagaare (also spelled Dagare Dagari Dagarti Dagaran or Dagao) and historically some non-natives have taken this as the name of the people.