Bisa language
E917993
The Bisa language is a Gur language spoken primarily by the Bisa people in parts of Burkina Faso and neighboring West African countries.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gur language
ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| altName |
Bisa of Burkina Faso
ⓘ
Bisa-Barka NERFINISHED ⓘ Bissa ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
northern dialect
ⓘ
southern dialect ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | Bisa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | biss1243 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | bib ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tone
ⓘ
noun class markers ⓘ |
| hasTonalSystem | tonal language ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| languageFamily | Gur languages ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Bissa language of Ghana and Togo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gourmanchéma language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mossi language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | eastern Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Bisa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Burkina Faso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Northern Gur languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication among Bisa people
ⓘ
local trade ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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