Nandom

Nandom is the capital town of the Nandom Municipal District of the Upper West Region of Ghana.

Nandom town and the multiple villages that surround it to the north, south, east, and west are inhabited by the Dagara people. The Dagara of the Nandom municipal area and the Dagaaba to the south of Nandom are the same ethnic group, though they speak two different dialects or varieties of the same language. The people of Nandom speak the Lobr dialect, and the Dagaaba to the south speak Ngmere (or Central Dàgááre). People in Nandom use the label 'Dagara' for the language and the people while southern speakers in areas like Jirapa, Nadowli, Kaleo and Daffiama use the label 'Dagaaba' for the people and Dagaare for the language. These are, however, dialectal variation in the pronunciation of the same language rather than names of two dialects, as many people have taken them to be. The varieties of Dagara or Dagaare form a dialect continuum and are multually intelligible.