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

Sénoufo, Sìcìté

A language of Burkina Faso

ISO 639-3: sep

Population  35,000 in Burkina Faso (1999 SIL). Population total all countries: 38,000.
Region  Kénédougou Province, Tagouara Plateau, Koloko and Ouelaní prefectures, west of Bobo-Dioulasso, to Mali border. Also in Côte d’Ivoire, Mali.
Language map  Burkina Faso, reference number 49
Alternate names   Sìcìré, Sìcìté, Sìpììté, Sucite, Tagba
Dialects  Intelligibility low with Nanerige Senoufo [sen].
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 L1: A few. Literacy rate in L2: 20% Jula or French. Radio programs. Bible portions: 1995.
Comments  ‘Tagba’ is used by outsiders for them. Little intermarriage with others in the southern area. SOV; postpositions; genitives before nouns, articles, adjectives, numerals after noun head, question word initial; 1 prefix, 2 suffixes; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, indirect objects; CV, CVV; tonal, 3 tones. Swidden agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian.

Also spoken in:

Mali

Language name   Sénoufo, Sìcìté
Population  3,000 in Mali (2007 SIL).
Region  Villages of Bakoronidougou, Gouaniéresso, Finkolo-Zanso, and Missidougou, east of Sikasso near the Burkina Faso border.
Language map  Mali, Enlarged Area
Alternate names  Sìcìré, Sìcìté, Sìpììté, Sucite, Tagba
Comments  Little intermarriage with others in the southern area. Swidden agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Muslim.
 

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Vernacular Publications

Yi wu Sɩcɩte kali wuu rɩ sebɛ 1. 1998.