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Samogo Languages
The Samogo languages are a small group of Mande languages of Mali and Burkina Faso. *Samogo **Seenku language, Seenku (Seeku, Sembla, Seemogo) **Duun ***Dzuun language, Dzuun (East Duun). Dialects: Kpango (Kpan, Samoro-guan), Dzùùngoo (Samogo-iri). ***Duun language, Duun (West Duun, Du, Duungooma, Samogo-sien) ***Banka language, Banka (Bankagooma) **Jowulu language, Jowulu (Jɔ) :Jowulu is divergent. The name ''Samogo'' or ''Samogho'' is a Jula and Bambara term for several Mande languages which do not necessarily form a clade, including the Samo languages. References

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Mali
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the List of African countries by area, eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over . The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east by Niger, to the northwest by Mauritania, to the south by Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast, and to the west by Guinea and Senegal. The population of Mali is about 23.29 million, 47.19% of which are estimated to be under the age of 15 in 2024. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is Bamako. The country has 13 official languages, of which Bambara language, Bambara is the most commonly spoken. The sovereign state's northern borders reach deep into the middle of the Sahara, Sahara Desert. The country's southern part, where the majority of inhabitants live, is in the Sudanian savanna and has the Niger River, Niger and Senegal River, Senegal rivers running through it. The country's economy centres on agriculture and mining with its most promine ...
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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 ...
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Niger–Congo Languages
Niger–Congo is a hypothetical language family spoken over the majority of sub-Saharan Africa. It unites the Mande languages, the Atlantic–Congo languages (which share a characteristic noun class system), and possibly several smaller groups of languages that are difficult to classify. If valid, Niger–Congo would be the world's largest in terms of member languages, the third-largest in terms of speakers, and Africa's largest in terms of geographical area.Irene Thompson"Niger-Congo Language Family" "aboutworldlanguages", March 2015 Austronesian has almost as many member languages, although this is complicated by the ambiguity about what constitutes a distinct language; the number of named Niger–Congo languages listed by '' Ethnologue'' is 1,540. The proposed family would be the third-largest in the world by number of native speakers, with around 600 million people as of 2025. Within Niger–Congo, the Bantu languages alone account for 350 million people (2015), or half ...
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Mande Languages
The Mande languages are a family of languages spoken in several countries in West Africa by the Mandé peoples. They include Maninka (Malinke), Mandinka, Soninke, Bambara, Kpelle, Jula (Dioula), Bozo, Mende, Susu, and Vai. There are around 60 to 75 languages spoken by 30 to 40 million people, chiefly in Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) and also in southern Mauritania, northern Ghana, northwestern Nigeria and northern Benin. The Mande languages show a few lexical similarities with the Atlantic–Congo language family, so together they have been proposed as parts of a larger Niger–Congo language family since the 1950s. However, the Mande languages lack the noun-class morphology that is the primary identifying feature of the Atlantic–Congo languages. Accordingly, linguists increasingly treat Mande and Atlantic–Congo as independent language families. History Various opinions exis ...
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Seenku Language
Sembla, or Seenku, is a Western Mande language within the Samogo group of 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 (105,87 .... The northern and southern dialects, Timiku and Gbeneku, are easily intelligible. The language is also known as Samogho and "Southern Samo", which is also the name of one of the Samo languages. Further reading * References Samogo languages Languages of Burkina Faso {{Mande-lang-stub ...
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Dzuun Language
Duun is a Mande language of Mali. There are three varieties of Duun, West Duun, or ''Duungooma'' (also known as Du, Samogho-sien) and Banka or Bankagooma, in Mali, and East Duun, or ''Dzùùn(goo)'', in Burkina Faso. These are clearly distinct but have a reasonable degree of mutual intelligibility with each other. Dialects of East Duun, Kpan (''Kpango,'' Samoro-guan) and ''Dzùùngoo'' (Samogo-iri), are easily intelligible. Phonology The phonology of the Dunn languages contains 26 consonants and 12 vowels. The following phonemes are in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standard written representation .... References Samogo languages Languages of Mali {{Mande-lang-stub ...
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Banka Language
Banka, or Bankagooma, is a minor Mande language of Mali. There is a reasonable degree of mutual intelligibility In linguistics, mutual intelligibility is a relationship between different but related language varieties in which speakers of the different varieties can readily understand each other without prior familiarity or special effort. Mutual intelli ... with Duun. References Samogo languages Languages of Mali {{Mande-lang-stub ...
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Jowulu Language
Jowulu, also known as Jɔ or ambiguously as Samogho, is a minor Mande language of Mali Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the List of African countries by area, eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over . The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east b ... and Burkina Faso. References Mande languages Languages of Mali {{Mande-lang-stub ...
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Samo Languages
Samo (Sane, San, Sa), also known as Mande Samo, is a dialect cluster of Mande languages spoken in Burkina Faso and Mali. Varieties Intelligibility between Samo varieties is low. The following have been coded as separate languages: *Matya Samo, spoken in Kossi Province, Sourou Province ( Nouna and Solenzo areas) and Mali *Maya Samo, spoken in Sourou Province, Yatenga Province, and Zondoma Province *Southern/Maka Samo, spoken in Nayala Province (Nouna and Solenzo areas); Sourou Province; Sanguié Province; Passoré Province Passoré is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Nord Region. Its capital is Yako. Education In 2011 the province had 316 primary schools and 39 secondary schools. Healthcare In 2011 the province had 42 health and social prom ...The Seenku Sembla language is also called 'Southern Samo'. Demographics Samo dialect populations and locations: List of Samo villages organised by department and dialect:Berthelette, John (2002). Survey re ...
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Samogo Languages
The Samogo languages are a small group of Mande languages of Mali and Burkina Faso. *Samogo **Seenku language, Seenku (Seeku, Sembla, Seemogo) **Duun ***Dzuun language, Dzuun (East Duun). Dialects: Kpango (Kpan, Samoro-guan), Dzùùngoo (Samogo-iri). ***Duun language, Duun (West Duun, Du, Duungooma, Samogo-sien) ***Banka language, Banka (Bankagooma) **Jowulu language, Jowulu (Jɔ) :Jowulu is divergent. The name ''Samogo'' or ''Samogho'' is a Jula and Bambara term for several Mande languages which do not necessarily form a clade, including the Samo languages. References

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