Sisaala language
Sisaala (Sissala) is a Gur language cluster spoken in northern Ghana near the town of Tumu[2] and in the neighbouring republic of Burkina Faso. Western Sisaala is intermediate between Burkina and Tumulung Sisaala.
| Sisaala | |
|---|---|
| Sissala | |
| Region | Ghana, Burkina |
Native speakers | (180,000 cited 1991–2003)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:ssl – Western Sisaalasil – Tumulung Sisaalasld – Burkina Sissalasig – Paasaal |
| Glottolog | sisa1248 |
Paasaal is similar and also called (Southern) Sisaala.
References
- Western Sisaala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Tumulung Sisaala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Burkina Sissala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Paasaal at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - Edited by M.E.Kropp Dakubu, The Languages of Ghana, Kegan Paul International, 1988.
- Sisaala–English English–Sisaala Dictionary (1975). Ghana Institute of Linguistics, 231 pp. ISBN 9964-92-298-1. [Western Sisaala]
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