Alternate Names: Mamprule, Manpelle, Ngmamperli
Dialects: Eastern Mampruli, Western Mampruli. 50% intelligibility with Dagbani ,. Lexical similarity: 95% with Dagbani ,, 90% with Farefare ,.
Status Notes: De facto provincial language in northeast North Region.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 220,000 in Ghana (2004 SIL), increasing.
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Also use Bimoba [bim], Bisa [bib], Farefare [gur]. Used as L2 by Konni [kma].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–10%. 48 literacy teachers; about 20 primary schools, 10 junior secondary schools, 3 secondary schools. Taught in primary and secondary schools. Dictionary. NT: 2001.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Ghana
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Muslim.