Toussian, Northern
A language of Burkina Faso
| Population | 19,500 (1995 SIL). 1,000 in Wenteene dialect, 18,500 in the other dialects. |
| Region | Comoé Province, north, east, and south of Oradara. |
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Burkina Faso, reference number 43 |
| Alternate names | Tusia, Tusian |
| Dialects | Ter, Tru, Kebeenton, Wenteene. Northern region dialects inherently intelligible to speakers but have 45% inherent intelligibility with Southern Toussian [wib]. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Tusia |
| Language use | Home. All ages. Also use Jula or French. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 5% in French, 3% in Jula [dyu]. |
| Comments | SOV; postpositions; genitives, articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, indirect objects, passives; V, CV, CVC, CCV; tonal. Peasant agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian. |
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