Paasaal, or Pasaale Sisaala (Southern Sisaala) is a
Gur language of
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...
, with a thousand speakers in Ivory Coast. The two dialects, Gilbagala and Pasaali, are part of a
dialect continuum
A dialect continuum or dialect chain is a series of language varieties spoken across some geographical area such that neighboring varieties are mutually intelligible, but the differences accumulate over distance so that widely separated varie ...
that continues on into
Sisaala
Sisaala (''Sissala'') is a Gur languages, Gur language cluster spoken in northern Ghana near the town of Tumu, Ghana, TumuEdited by M.E.Kropp Dakubu, ''The Languages of Ghana'', Kegan Paul International, 1988. and in the neighbouring republic of ...
.
References
Languages of Ghana
Gurunsi languages
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