Khisa language

Khisa
RegionIvory Coast, Burkina Faso
Native speakers
(8,000 cited 1991)[1]
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3kqm
Glottologkhis1238
ELPKhisa

Khisa (/khi-sɛ/ or /khi-sa/), also known as Komono, Khi Khipa and Kumwenu, is a Gur language of the Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. It is listed as threatened by the Endangered Languages Project due to many speakers preferring Jula for economic and educational reasons.[2]

References

  1. ^ Khisa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Khisa". Endangered Languages Project. Retrieved 24 February 2022.


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