Paasaal
E916965
Paasaal is a dialect of the Sisaala language spoken by communities in northern Ghana and neighboring areas of West Africa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paasaal canonical | 1 |
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
language variety ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Sisaala ethnolinguistic group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Ghana ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Pasaal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pasaale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentStatus | potentially vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasISOStatus | covered by Sisaala macrolanguage ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature | tonal language ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticRelation | other Sisaala dialects ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguages | other Gur languages of northern Ghana ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | contrastive tone ⓘ |
| hasStatus | minority language variety ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticType | SVO basic word order ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isSpokenBy | Paasaal-speaking Sisaala communities ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Gur languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Sisaala dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Upper West Region of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Ghana
ⓘ
West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ border areas of northern Ghana and neighboring countries ⓘ northern Ghana ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Sisaala language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | everyday communication in local communities ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local cultural practices
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.