Karaboro Languages

	Karaboro Languages The Karaboro languages are spoken in Burkina Faso by approximately 65,000 people (SIL 1995/1991). They belong to the Senufo subfamily, but are separated from other Senufo languages by a small band of unrelated languages. Within Senufo they are thought to be most closely related to the Senari languages. Footnotes Bibliography * Hook, A., R. Mills and E. Mills (1975). ''L'Enquête Dialectale Karabora'', Société Internationale de Linguistique and University of Ouagadougou. * Mills, Elizabeth (1984) ''Senoufo phonology, discourse to syllabe (a prosodic approach)'' SIL publications in linguistics (ISSN 1040-0850), 72. Languages of Burkina Faso Senufo languages {{BurkinaFaso-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]
	Senufo Languages The Senufo or Senufic languages () comprise around 15 languages spoken by the Senufo people, Senufo in the north of Ivory Coast, the south of Mali and the southwest of Burkina Faso. An isolated language, Nafaanra language, Nafaanra, is also spoken in the west of Ghana. The Senufo languages constitute their own branch of the Atlantic–Congo sub-family of the Niger–Congo languages. Anne Garber estimates the total number of Senufo people, Senufos at some 1.5 million; the Ethnologue, based on various population estimates, counts 2.7 million. The Senufo languages are bounded to the west by Mande languages, to the south by Kwa languages, and to the north and east by Central Gur languages. The Senufo languages are like the Gur languages in that they have a suffixal noun class system and that verbs are marked for aspect. Most Gur languages to the north of Senufo have a two tone downstep system, but the tonal system of the Senufo languages is mostly analysed as a three level tone sys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kar Language Kar (Kler), or Eastern Karaboro, is a central Senufo language 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 .... Kar speakers have moderate comprehension of Western Karaboro, but the reverse is not the case. References External links (FrenchDescription grammaticale du kar : langue senoufo du Burkina Faso. Karaboro languages Languages of Ivory Coast {{senufo-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Syer-Tenyer Language Syer-Tenyer, or Western Karaboro, is a pair of Senufo dialects 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 .... References Karaboro languages Languages of Burkina Faso {{senufo-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Senari Languages The Senari languages form a central dialect cluster of the Senufo languages. They are spoken in northern Ivory Coast, southern Mali and southwest 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 ... by more than a million Senufo. Three varieties can be distinguished, * Cebaara (Tyebaala) * Senara * Nyarafolo, all with several dialects. With 860,000 speakers, Cebaara (Tyembara) is the largest of the four; it is also the central variety, spoken around the traditional Senufo center Korhogo. Senara (190,000 native speakers) of the Laraba Province of Burkina Faso is a geographic outlier; intelligibility testing with Cebaara yields ratings between 42 and 74 per cent (SIL). Nyarafolo is spoken by 50,000 in northeast Ivory Coast around Ferkessédougou; ''Ethnologue'' reports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Karaboro Languages The Karaboro languages are spoken in Burkina Faso by approximately 65,000 people (SIL 1995/1991). They belong to the Senufo subfamily, but are separated from other Senufo languages by a small band of unrelated languages. Within Senufo they are thought to be most closely related to the Senari languages. Footnotes Bibliography * Hook, A., R. Mills and E. Mills (1975). ''L'Enquête Dialectale Karabora'', Société Internationale de Linguistique and University of Ouagadougou. * Mills, Elizabeth (1984) ''Senoufo phonology, discourse to syllabe (a prosodic approach)'' SIL publications in linguistics (ISSN 1040-0850), 72. Languages of Burkina Faso Senufo languages {{BurkinaFaso-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Languages Of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a multilingual country. An estimated 70 languages are spoken there, of which about 66 are indigenous language, indigenous. Mooré is spoken by about 52.5% of the population, mainly in the central region around the capital, Ouagadougou. In the west, Mande languages are widely spoken, the most predominant being Dyula language, Dyula (also spelled Jula or Dioula), others including Bobo language, Bobo, Samo language (Burkina), Samo, and Marka language, Marka. Fula language, Peul (), a dialect of Fulani, is spoken in the north, however it is widely spoken throughout the country as a lingua franca. Gourmanché language, Gourmantché is spoken in the east, while the Bissa language is spoken in the south. In 2024, the Francophone population of Burkina Faso represents 22.8%, which is approximately 5,379,000 people. Among them, 1.3% (around 302,000 individuals) speak French as their first language. Additionally, 5,063,000 people, or 21.5% of the total population of 23,550 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]