Palaka
| Palaka (Kpalaka) | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Ivory Coast ( Sikasso ) | |
| speaker | 8,000 (1995) | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
plr |
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Palaka (or 'Kpalaga') is a central Senufo language spoken by around 8,000 people in northern Ivory Coast .
It is bordered in the south by the Djimini language , a southern Senufo language, and in the west by the Senufo language Nyarafolo . To the north and east of the Palaka area live the Jula , the speakers of the Dioula .
Palaka forms a separate branch of the Senufo languages, as it differs from the other languages in terms of morphology and phonology. It has tentatively been associated with the Nafaanra language, an isolated Senufo language spoken in Ghana . Palaka separated from the other Senufo languages since the 14th century AD.
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- Laughren, Mary (1977) "Le 'nom' en palaka", Bulletin de l'Institut Francophone de l'Afrique Noire, Series B, 557-567.