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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Burkina Faso > Sénoufo, Nanerigé

Sénoufo, Nanerigé

A language of Burkina Faso

ISO 639-3sen

Population  50,000 (1985 census).
Region  North Kénédougou Province, from Djigouéra and north.
Language map  Burkina Faso, reference number 37
Alternate names   Naani, Nandereke, Nandergé, Nanergé, Nanergué
Dialects  Some intelligibility with Sicite Senoufo [sep]. No significant dialects or subgroups.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Senufo, Suppire-Mamara
Language use  All ages. Also use Jula [dyu] or French.
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: Some in Jula or French.
Comments  ‘Nanerige’ is the name of the people. Peasant agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian.