Birifor language

Birifor
Native to	Burkina Faso, Ghana
Ethnicity	Birifor
Native speakers	(240,000 cited 1993–2003)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Gur Northern Oti–Volta Moré–Dagbani Moré Dagaare–Birifor Birifor; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; bfo – Malba Birifor (Burkina); biv – Southern Birifor (Ghana)
Glottolog	biri1257

Birifor is a pair of Gur languages of Burkina Faso (Northern Birifor) and Ghana (Southern Birifor). There are a few thousand speakers of both varieties, which are not mutually intelligible, in Ivory Coast.

References

Malba Birifor (Burkina) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Southern Birifor (Ghana) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

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[e18-1] Malba Birifor (Burkina) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Southern Birifor (Ghana) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)