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Birifor, Southern

A language of Ghana

ISO 639-3: biv

Population	125,000 in Ghana (2003), increasing. Population total all countries: 129,310.
Region	Northwest corner. Also in Côte d’Ivoire.
Language map	Ghana, reference number 58
Alternate names	Birifo, Ghana Birifor
Dialects	A separate language from Wali [wlx], Southern Dagaari [dga], Malba-Birifor [bfo] of Burkina Faso.
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Northern, Oti-Volta, Western, Northwest, Dagaari-Birifor, Birifor
Language use	Vigorous. All domains. All ages.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5% or more. Radio programs. Dictionary. NT: 2006.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Traditional religion.

Also spoken in:

Côte d’Ivoire

Language name	Birifor, Southern
Population	4,310 in Côte d’Ivoire (1993 SIL).
Region	Northeast corner.
Language map	Côte d’Ivoire, reference number 56
Alternate names	Birifo
Comments	Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

KUCH, Lawrence, author. 1993. The phonology of Birifor.

Vernacular Publications

A se gyan berfoɔr karfo: Gyanfo ata gan 3. 1993.

Birfoɔr fuolse 1, 2. 1997.

Se sãakpãmine tĩise. 1999.