Kaansa language explained

Kaansa
Also Known As:Gan
Nativename:Kaansa
Region:Burkina Faso
Speakers:6,000
Date:1990
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Gur
Fam4:Southern Gur
Fam5:Doghose–Gan
Iso3:gna
Glotto:kaan1246
Glottorefname:Kaansa
Dia1:Kaan-sa
Dia2:Kpatogo-so

Kaansa, also known as Gan (Gã), is a Gur language of Burkina Faso.

A Latin script orthography with 29 letters (including extended characters) and three diacritics (the language has four tones) was developed beginning in the 1990s with the help of Stuart and Cathie Showalter, an American missionary couple.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/30/mission-burkina-faso/?page=all "Mission: Burkina Faso,"