Palaka (or 'Kpalaga') is a central
Senufo language spoken by approximately 8,000 people in northern
Ivory Coast. It is bordered to the south by
Djimini, a southern Senufo language, and to the west by
Nyarafolo, another Senufo language. North and east of the Palaka area live
Dioula people.
Palaka constitutes a separate branch of the Senufo languages on its own, being rather different from them in morphology and phonology. It has been tentatively linked to
Nafaanra language
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, an isolated Senufo language spoken in
Ghana
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. Palaka has been separated from the other Senufo languages at least since the fourteenth century AD.
References
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* Laughren, Mary (1977) "Le 'nom' en palaka", ''Bulletin de l'Institut Francophone de l'Afrique Noire, série B,'' 557–567.
Senufo languages
Languages of Ivory Coast
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