Kusaal language

E267640

Kusaal is a Gur language spoken primarily in northern Ghana and neighboring parts of Burkina Faso by the Kusaasi people.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kusaal language canonical 3

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gur language
natural language
subject–verb–object language
countryOfOrigin Ghana
ethnicGroup Kusaasi
hasAlternativeName Koussassé
Kusale
Kusasi
hasBibleTranslation Bible translated into Kusaal
hasDialect Kusaal
surface form: Agole Kusaal

Toende Kusaal
hasEducationalUse used in basic education in parts of Ghana
hasEndangermentStatus vigorous use in core area
hasGlottocode kusa1250
hasGlottologName Kusaal
hasISO639-3Code kus
hasLinguisticRelation closely related to Dagbani
closely related to Mampruli
closely related to Moore
hasMorphologicalFeature noun class remnants
verbal aspect marking
hasNeighbouringLanguage Bisa
Buli
Dagbani
Mampruli
Moore
hasPhonologicalFeature tone language
hasSpeakerPopulationStatus regional minority language
hasStandardizationStatus has orthographic standard in Ghana
isPartOf Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger–Congo language family
languageFamily Gur languages
primaryRegion Bawku
surface form: Bawku area
region Upper East Region of Ghana
spokenBy Kusaasi people
spokenIn Burkina Faso
Ghana
West Africa
subfamily Oti–Volta languages
Oti–Volta languages
surface form: Western Oti–Volta languages
usedFor daily communication
oral literature
religious practice
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gur languages hasMemberLanguage Kusaal language
Southern Gur languages hasLanguage Kusaal language
Mampruli language closelyRelatedTo Kusaal language