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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Burkina Faso > Winyé

Winyé

A language of Burkina Faso

ISO 639-3kst

Population  20,000 (1999 SIL).
Region  Bali Province, Boromo Subdistrict, Boromo area, halfway between Bobo-Dioulosso and Ouagadougou on main route. 17 to 18 villages.
Language map  Burkina Faso, reference number 64
Alternate names   Kõ, Kols, Kolsi
Dialects  Similar to Sisaala [sld].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Southern, Grusi, Western
Language use  Very little bilingualism.
Comments  Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.