Sisaala (language)
| Sisaala (tumult), Sisaala (west), Sisaala | ||
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Spoken in |
Ghana , Burkina Faso | |
| speaker | 105,000 Sisaala (tumult) (2003 GILLBT ) 30,000 Sisaala (West) (2003 GILLBT) 13,000 Silaala (Burkina Faso) (1991) |
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| Linguistic classification |
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| Official language in | a national language | |
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| ISO 639 -1 |
- |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
nic |
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| ISO 639-3 |
sil (tumult), ssl (west), sld (Burkina Faso) |
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Sisaala (own name Sısaalı ) is the language of the Sisaala , who traditionally settle in Ghana and Burkina Faso .
In Francophone Burkina Faso the term Sissala is used , in Anglophone Ghana the spelling Sisaala is used. The language belongs to the western branch of the Gurunsi languages , which are a subunit of the Gur languages within the Niger-Congo family of languages .
The Sisaala settlement area in Ghana is in the central north in the Tumu District and Lambusie , while the Burkinabe Sisaala settle in 26 villages in the Sissili province , between their center Léo and the Ghanaian Hamale . There are three very different dialect groups: The largest is Sisaala Tumulung in Ghana with around 90,000 speakers, followed by Westsisaala with around 30,000 speakers. The Sisaala speakers in Burkina Faso are estimated at 10,000.
The Sisaala, who mainly follow their traditional beliefs, live mainly as farmers who grow millet, maize, rice or jams. They live in square mud huts that are connected by walls. Her musical instruments include xylophones, drums and flutes, and griots are responsible for the oral transmission of knowledge. In the past, the Sisaala were affected by the slave trade.
literature
- Regina Blass: Relevance Relations in Discourse: A Study with Special Reference to Sissala . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1990, ISBN 0521385156