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Nuni, Southern

A language of Burkina Faso

ISO 639-3: nnw

Population	168,000 (2000 WCD).
Region	Sissili Province, Léo area; east Mouhoun Province; south Boulkiemdé and Sanguié provinces; west Nahouri and Kossi provinces. Over 100 villages.
Language map	Burkina Faso, reference number 54
Alternate names	Nibulu, Nouni, Nounouma, Nuna, Nune, Nunuma, Nuruma
Dialects	Micari, Basinyari (Sundoni), Yatini, Gori, Bwana, Sankura. Similar to Kasem [xsm] and Lyélé [lee].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Southern, Grusi, Northern
Language use	All ages. Also use Mòoré [mos] or French.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 10%. Literacy rate in L2: 5% in French. NT: 1999.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	The people are called ‘Nuna’. SVO; postpositions; genitives before noun heads; articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; question word initial; 1 prefix, 1 suffix; word order distinguishes subject and object; causatives; comparatives; CV, CVV, CVCV; tonal. Peasant agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BERTHELETTE, John, author. 2002. "Sociolinguistic survey report for the Nuni language."  

KURRLE, Gertrud, author. 1988. "Some word tone patterns in Nuni."

WILLIAMS, Gary, author. 1979. Esquisse phonologique du nouni.

Vernacular Publications

À fwa à pùrú. 1997.

AswɛrƖ 1. 1995.

Bìsɩ́ná wodiu yuu wa sɩsarɩ sagɩ. 1992.

Nǝ karɩ nʋnɩ sǝsarɩ. 1979.

Nǝ karɩ nʋnɩ. 1979.

Nǝ karɩ nʋnɩ. 1991.

Nǝ karɩ nʋnɩ. 1992.

Nǝtù tǝ, nǝ nǝ wá cɩ nǝ ga ywarɩ yalɩŋa. 1997.

Nʋna tɩan Dǝkurǝn. 1997.

Nʋnɩ sɩsarɩ dǝ yìǝ̀n duǝn. 1997.

Nʋnɩ sɩsarɩ sagɩ. 1991.

Sɩsarɩ dǝ sɩsalwarɩ. 1997.

Tuu gʋrɩ dǝ yìǝ̀n duǝn. 1991.

Túú gʋ́rʋ́ dǝ ŋʋ́ɩn don yòò. 1986.