Doghose language explained

Dogosé
Nativename:Doghose
Region:Burkina Faso
Speakers:20,000
Date:1991
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Gur
Fam4:Southern Gur
Fam5:Doghose–Gan
Iso3:dos
Glotto:dogo1295
Glottorefname:Dogose
Notice:IPA

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, pronounced as /link/. 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.