Bisa
E917981
Bisa is a Gur (Voltaic) language spoken primarily in parts of Burkina Faso and neighboring West African countries.
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gur language
ⓘ
Voltaic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| countryStatusInBurkinaFaso | national minority language GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bisa-Busa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bissa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
eastern dialects
ⓘ
northern dialects ⓘ southern dialects ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | Bisa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | biss1243 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | bib ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticClassification | Niger–Congo > Atlantic–Congo > Volta–Congo > North > Gur > Northern Gur > Bisa ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
nasalized vowels ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isEndangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Gur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Bwa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gourmanchéma NERFINISHED ⓘ Mossi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Central Burkina Faso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Burkina Faso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Northern Gur languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SVO basic word order
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ |
| usedByEthnicGroup | Bissa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
local trade
ⓘ
oral communication ⓘ traditional culture ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.