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Paasaal

A language of Ghana

ISO 639-3: sig

Population	36,000 (2003 GILLBT), increasing.
Region	Upper West region, south of Tumu, 105 km east of Wa. About 18 villages.
Language map	Ghana, reference number 52
Alternate names	Funsile, Pasaale, Pasaale Sisaala, Southern Sisaala
Dialects	Gilbagala, Pasaali. The Gilbagala more similar to Paasaal than to Tumulung Sisaala [sil]. The dialect in Funsi Kundogo is predominant among the Paasaal villages.
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Southern, Grusi, Western
Language use	Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Also use Wali [wlx], Tumulung Sisaala [sil], Hausa [hau], or English.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 1%–2%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. About 50% of children begin school; 10%–20% complete junior secondary school. Grammar. NT: 2001.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SVO; prepositions; articles, adjectives, numerals after noun heads; question word initial; word order distinguishes object; ergativity; CV, CVC, CVV; tonal. Agriculturalists: guinea corn. Traditional religion, Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

FEMBETI, Samuel; MCGILL, Stuart; TOUPIN, Michael, authors. 1999. A grammar of Sisaala-Pasaale.

KOEHLER, Beth, author. 1999. Carla eases defensiveness in the translator team.

SEIBERT, Uwe, author. 2003. Review of: A grammar of Sisaala-Pasaale, by Stuart McGill, Samuel Fembeti and Mike Toupin.  

Vernacular Publications

Gaana faafaa wiya. 1997.

Haaŋ kpayi. 1997.

Ma leŋ á basɩ nasaarɩ. n.d.

Ma leŋ di á karimɛ Pasaal (Sisaala-Pasaale) 1: Wiise rɛ tiya ma. 1994.

Ma leŋ di á karimɛ Pasaal (Sisaala-Pasaale) 2: Nyɛ kɛ á mɛ yaa duniya nala rɛ. 1994.

Viya dɔŋɔ na. 1997.