Sissala

Primary tabs

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Sisaali

Population

13,000 (1991 SIL).

Location

Centre-Ouest region, Sissili province between Léo and Hamale, 30 villages; Sud-Ouest region, Ioba province, Niego and Ouessa departments.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

All one dialect in Burkina Faso. Distinct from Sisaala languages in Ghana, although reportedly most similar to Western Sisaala [ssl].

Language Use

All ages.

Language Development

NT: 1999.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.