Tusya | |
Nativename: | Wín |
States: | Burkina Faso |
Speakers: | 39,000 |
Date: | 1995 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo? |
Fam3: | Savannas? |
Fam4: | Gur? |
Lc1: | wib |
Ld1: | Southern |
Lc2: | tsp |
Ld2: | Northern |
Glotto: | tusi1238 |
Glottorefname: | Tusia |
Tusya, also spelled Tusiã, Tusian, Toussian and also known as Wín, is a language of Burkina Faso that is of uncertain affiliation within Niger-Congo. It may be a Gur language.
There are two dialects.[1]
The northern and southern dialects have difficulty understanding each other.
The northern dialect is spoken to the north, east, and south of Orodara. The southern dialect is spoken in and around Toussiana.[2]