Toussian, Southern
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A language of Burkina Faso
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Tusia, Tusian, Win
Population
19,500 (1995 SIL).
Location
Cascades region: Comoe Hauts-Bassins region, Houet province, halfway between Banfora and Bobo-Dioulasso; Toussiana is center area.
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Language Status
6b (Threatened).
Classification
Dialects
40% inherent intelligibility of Northern Toussian [tsp]. Nianha dialect is central. Each village has a separate dialect.
Typology
SOV; postpositions; genitives before noun heads; articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, indirect objects, passives; causatives; comparatives; V, CV, CVC, CCV; tonal.
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 5% in French [fra], 3% in Jula [dyu]. Dictionary. NT: 2015.
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Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Traditional religion, Muslim.