Sisaala language explained

Sisaala
Nativename:Sissala
Region:Ghana, Burkina Faso
Date:1991–2003
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Gur
Fam4:Southern
Fam5:Gurunsi
Fam6:Western
Lc1:ssl
Ld1:Western Sisaala
Lc2:sil
Ld2:Tumulung Sisaala
Lc3:sld
Ld3:Sisaali
Lc4:sig
Ld4:Paasaal
Glotto:sisa1248
Glottorefname:Sisaala

Sisaala (Sissala) is a Gur language cluster spoken in northern Ghana near the town of Tumu[1] and in the neighbouring republic of Burkina Faso. Western Sisaala is intermediate between Sisaali and Tumulung Sisaala.

Paasaal is similar and also called (Southern) Sisaala.

Distribution

Sisaala is spoken by the Sissala. The Sisaala in Ghana live in the Northern Region, in the Upper East Region and in the Upper West Region.

Burkina Faso’s Sissili Province is named after the Sissala people.

Dialects

Tumulung Sisaala, which is also known as Eastern Sisaala, is spoken East of Tumu in the Upper West region and Builsa in the Upper East Region. Its name derives from the city of Tumu, which is the traditional capital of the Sisaala people.

Western Sisaala, which is also known as Lambishi Sisaala, is spoken in Tumu in the upper west Region and Gonja in the Northern Region.

Paasaal, which is also known as Pasaale/Southern Sisaala, is spoken between Lambussie and Tumu in the Upper West Region.

Burkina Sisaala, which is also known as Sisaali or Northern Sisaala, is spoken in the Burkinabe Provinces of Sissili and Ioba.

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Notes and References

  1. Edited by M.E.Kropp Dakubu, The Languages of Ghana, Kegan Paul International, 1988.