Toussian, Northern

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A language of Burkina Faso

ISO 639-3
tsp
Alternate Names
Tusia, Tusian
Population

19,500 (1995 SIL). 1,000 in Wenteene dialect, 18,500 in the other dialects.

Location

Comoé Province, north, east, and south of Oradara.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Tusia
Dialects

Kebeenton, Ter, Tru, Wenteene. Northern region dialects inherently intelligible to speakers but have 45% inherent intelligibility of Southern Toussian [wib].

Typology

SOV; postpositions; genitives, articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, indirect objects, passives; V, CV, CVC, CCV; tonal

Language Use

Home. All ages. Also use Jula [dyu] or French [fra].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 5% in French, 3% in Jula [dyu].
Other Comments

Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian.