The Wara–Natyoro or Samu languages are a small group of minor languages of
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...
:
Samwe,
Paleni (both called Wara) and
Natyoro, which are notably similar but not mutually intelligible. They were once classified as part of an expanded
Gur (Voltaic) family, and are part of Blench's
Savannas
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to ...
proposal.
Güldemann (2018) tentatively classifies them within the Gur languages.
References
Gur languages
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