Khisa language explained

Khisa
Region:Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
Speakers:8,000
Date:1991
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Gur
Fam4:Southern Gur
Fam5:Doghose–Gan
Iso3:kqm
Glotto:khis1238
Glottorefname:Khisa

Khisa (/khi-sɛ/ or /khi-sa/), also known as Komono, Khi Khipa and Kumwenu, is a Gur language of the Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. It is listed as threatened by the Endangered Languages Project due to many speakers preferring Jula for economic and educational reasons.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Khisa . Endangered Languages Project . 24 February 2022.