Birifor, Malba
A language of Burkina Faso
| Population | 108,000 in Burkina Faso (1993). |
| Region | Southwest, Poni Province. Also in Côte d’Ivoire. |
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Burkina Faso, reference number 31 |
| Alternate names | Birifo, Malba-Birifor, Northern Birifor |
| Dialects | Wile, Birifor. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Northern, Oti-Volta, Western, Northwest, Dagaari-Birifor, Birifor |
| Language use | All ages. Also use Lobi [lob], Mòoré [mos], Jula [dyu], or French. |
| Language development | NT: 1994. |
| Comments | Dagaari [dgd], Wali [wlx], and Birifor [biv] of Ghana are separate languages. Many monolinguals. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim. |
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