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Wara–Natyoro Languages
The Wara–Natyoro or Samu languages are a small group of minor languages of Burkina Faso: Samwe language, Samwe, Paleni language, Paleni (both called Wara) and Natyoro language, Natyoro, which are notably similar but not mutually intelligible. They were once classified as part of an expanded Gur languages, Gur (Voltaic) family, and are part of Blench's Savanna languages, Savannas proposal. Güldemann (2018) tentatively classifies them within the Gur languages. References Wara–Natyoro languages, Gur languages {{gur-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,878 sq mi). In 2024, the country had an estimated population of approximately 23,286,000. Previously called the Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984), it was Geographical renaming, renamed Burkina Faso by then-List of heads of state of Burkina Faso, president Thomas Sankara. Its citizens are known as Burkinabes, and its Capital city, capital and largest city is Ouagadougou. The largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso is the Mossi people, who settled the area in the 11th and 13th centuries. They established powerful Mossi Kingdoms, kingdoms such as Ouagadougou, Tenkodogo, and Yatenga. In 1896, it was Colonization, colonized by the French colonial empire, French as part of French West Africa; in 1958, Upper Volta became a self-governing colony wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savanna Languages
The Savannas languages, also known as Gur–Adamawa or Adamawa–Gur, is a branch of the Niger–Congo languages that includes Greenberg's Gur and Adamawa–Ubangui families. History of classification The Gur–Adamawa link was demonstrated in Kleinewillinghöfer (1996) and has been accepted as established by later researchers, who have gone further in noting that the Adamawa and Gur languages themselves do not form coherent groups and are not necessarily more closely related internally than they are to each other. Bennett (1983) had also mentioned a ''North Central Niger-Congo'' branch consisting of Gurunsi, "Ubangian", and Trans-Benue groups, with the ''Trans-Benue'' group consisting of the Burak-Jen (i.e., Bikwin-Jen), Yungur (i.e., Bena-Mboi), and Tula- Longuda subgroups. There are several clusters of Adamawa languages; among the Gur languages, only the core of that proposal (Central Gur) has been retained, though it is possible that some of the 'peripheral' languages m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samwe Language
Samwé (samoe), also known as Wara (ouara, ouala), is a Gur language of Burkina. Dialects are Negueni-Klani, Ouatourou-Niasogoni, and Soulani. Niasogoni speakers have difficulty with Negueni, but not vice versa. Phonology Consonants * can be lenited to between vowels. * has a free variant after nasals, vowels, and other consonants. * is voiced after nasals and between vowels. * is often or between vowels. It tends to stay voiceless at morpheme boundaries. * becomes voiced between vowels or after nasals. is not allowed before . * , which is not phonemic, occurs intervocalically between the same vowel. * is always voiceless. * is voiced intervocalically and after nasals, before and , and elsewhere. can be lenited to , which Ouattara represents as . As with stops, voicing and lenition are in free variation. * can also be realized as or . is also in free variation with in some words. Sometimes, becomes or . * and are contrastive, but roughly 20 words hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natyoro Language
Natioro (Natyoro), or Koo’ra, is a Gur language of Burkina Faso spoken by a caste of blacksmiths. Geographical distribution Natioro is spoken in four main villages to the west of Banfora, in Léraba Province Léraba is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Cascades Region. Its capital is Sindou. Its highest point (and the highest point of the country) is Mount Tenakourou with an elevation of . Departments Leraba is divided into 8 de .... These four villages are Kawara and Timba, which are west of Sindou, and Sindoukoroni and Dinaoro, which are north of Sindou. Sample vocabulary Sample basic vocabulary of Natioro dialects:Sawadogo, Tasséré. 2002. Rapport d'enquête sur le natioro'. SIL Electronic Survey Reports (SILESR), 2003-005. SIL International. See also * Natioro word lists (Wiktionary) References {{Languages of Burkina Faso Wara–Natyoro languages Languages of Burkina Faso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gur Languages
The Gur languages, also known as Central Gur or Mabia, belong to the Niger–Congo languages. They are spoken in the Sahelian and savanna regions of West Africa, namely: in most areas of Burkina Faso, and in south-central Mali, northeastern Ivory Coast, the northern halves of Ghana and Togo, northwestern Benin, and southwestern Niger. A few Gur languages are spoken in Nigeria. Additionally, a single Gur language, Baatonum, is spoken in Benin and in the extreme northwest of Nigeria. Three other single Gur languages, the Tusya language, Tusya, Vyemo language, Vyemo and Tiefo language, Tiefo languages, are spoken in Burkina Faso. Another unclassified Gur language, Miyobe, is spoken in Benin and Togo. In addition, Kulango, Lomakka language, Loma and Lorhon language, Lorhon, are spoken in Ghana, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. Additionally, a few Mossi language, Mossi speakers are in Senegal, and speakers of the Dagaare language are also found in Cameroon. The Samu languages of Burkina F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wara–Natyoro Languages
The Wara–Natyoro or Samu languages are a small group of minor languages of Burkina Faso: Samwe language, Samwe, Paleni language, Paleni (both called Wara) and Natyoro language, Natyoro, which are notably similar but not mutually intelligible. They were once classified as part of an expanded Gur languages, Gur (Voltaic) family, and are part of Blench's Savanna languages, Savannas proposal. Güldemann (2018) tentatively classifies them within the Gur languages. References Wara–Natyoro languages, Gur languages {{gur-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |