Bissa language - Wikipedia

Bissa is the language spoken by the Bissa people, a Mande ethnic group of south-central Burkina Faso, northeastern Ghana, northwestern Nigeria, ... Bissalanguage FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch MandelanguagespokeninBurkinaFasoandGhana NottobeconfusedwithBisalanguage(Zambia). BissaRegionBurkinaFaso,GhanaEthnicityBissapeopleNativespeakers590,000 (1999–2003)[1]LanguagefamilyNiger–Congo? MandeEasternBisa–BusaBissaLanguagecodesISO639-3bibGlottologbiss1248MajorityareasofnortherndialectsofBissa,indarkblue,onamapofBurkinaFaso. Bissa TotalSpeakers 1.7million Regionswithsignificantpopulations BurkinaFaso 0.5million Ghana 1.1million Benin 54,702 Togo 3,356 Nigeria 100,000 Languages Bissa,French Religion Islam Relatedethnicgroups otherMandépeoples Bissa(orBisa(singular),Bisan,Bissanno(plural)),isthelanguagespokenbytheBissapeople,aMandeethnicgroupofsouth-centralBurkinaFaso,northeasternGhana,northwesternNigeria,thenorthernmosttipofTogoandnorthernBenin.AlternatenamesforthislanguageincludeBusansiwhichisusedbytheMossipeopleorBusawhichisusedinNigeria. ItsdialectsareBarka,Lebir,Busa,andLere. Contents 1WritingSystem 2Comparisonofdialects 3Lerephrases 4References 4.1Sources WritingSystem[edit] Bissaalphabet(Burkina-Faso) A B C D E Ǝ Ɛ F G H I Ɩ J K L M N Ny Ŋ O Ɔ P R S T U Ʋ V W Y Z a b c d e ǝ ɛ f g h i ɩ j k l m n ny ŋ o ɔ p r s t u ʋ v w y z Bissa-BarkaAlphabet(Burkina-Faso)[2] A B D E Ɛ Ǝ F G H I Ɩ K L M N Ɲ Ŋ O Ɔ P R S T U Ʋ W Y Z a b d e ɛ ə f g h i ɩ k l m n ɲ ŋ o ɔ p r s t u ʋ w y z Comparisonofdialects[edit] Phrase Lere Barka Zeba Goodmorning Domirehki Idomleki come bur iahh Eyaham water pi hi food forbile hobile Lerephrases[edit] Goodmorning:Domirehki(Response:Domirehzain) Goodafternoon:Sundarehki(Response:Sundarehzain) Goodevening/night:Yirbaaki(Response:Yirbaazain) Thankyou:Barka Good:Minga Come:Bur Go:Ta You'rewelcome:Anbarkaboi Iloveyou:Moiwam References[edit] ^BissaatEthnologue(18thed.,2015)(subscriptionrequired) ^SIL2016. Sources[edit] "DictionnaireBissa-Barka".SILInternational.25April2016.,theSILentrydirecttowards"DictionnaireBissa-Barka".Sous-CommissiondelalangueBisa. vteLanguagesofBurkinaFasoOfficiallanguage French Regionallanguages Bambara Mandinka Mooré IndigenouslanguagesMande Bissa Bobo Dyula Kpee Marka Samo Gur Birifor Bomu Buamu Bwa Cerma CwiBwamu Dagaare Gourmanché Gurunsi Kasena LááLááBwamu Puguli Senufo Karaboro Nanerigé Sucite Syer-Tenyer Wara–Natyoro Natioro Paleni Samwe Other Fula Hausa HumburiSenni Siamou Tamasheq WesternPlainsDogon Immigrantlanguages English French Punjabi Spanish German Italian Hindi Hebrew Arabic Chinese Portuguese Japanese Russian Danish Dutch vteMandelanguagesSoutheastMandeSouthMande Beng Dan Gban Goo Guro Mano Mwa Tura Wan Yaure EastMande Bissa Boko Busa Tyenga Samo Shanga WestMandeBobo Bobo Jogo Jeri Ligbi Tonjon Manding Bambara Bolon Dyula Jahanka Kassonke Mandinka Maninka Kita Marka Sininkere Mokole Kakabe Kuranko Lele Mixifore Samogo Banka Duun Jowulu Seenku Soninke–Bozo Soninke Bozo Soso–Jalonke Susu Yalunka Southwest Bandi Kpelle Loko Loma Mende Zialo Vai–Kono Kono Vai Authoritycontrol SUDOC(France) 1 ThisarticleaboutMandelanguagesisastub.YoucanhelpWikipediabyexpandingit.vte Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bissa_language&oldid=1104094832" Categories:MandelanguagesLanguagesofBurkinaFasoLanguagesofGhanaLanguagesofTogoNiger–CongolanguagestubsHiddencategories:Pagescontaininglinkstosubscription-onlycontentLanguagearticlescitingEthnologue18ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidataArticleswithSUDOCidentifiersAllstubarticles Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages DavvisámegiellaDeutschFrançaisHrvatskiKiswahiliPiemontèisРусскийSuomiGungbe Editlinks