Bissa language

Bissa
Region Burkina Faso, Ghana
Ethnicity Bissa people
Native speakers
 590,000 (1999–2003)[1]
Niger–Congo
  • Mande
    • Eastern
      • Bisa–Busa
        • Bissa
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bib
Glottolog biss1248[2]
Majority areas of northern dialects of Bissa, in dark blue, on a map of Burkina Faso.

Bissa (Bisa) is a Mande language that is spoken by the Bissa people of Burkina Faso, Ghana and (marginally) Togo. Its dialects are Barka, Lebir and Lere.

Writing System

Bissa alphabet (Burkina-Faso)
ABCDE ƎƐFGH IƖJKL MNNyŊO ƆPRST UƲVWY Z
abcde ǝɛfgh iɩjkl mnnyŋo ɔprst uʋvwy z
Bissa-Barka Alphabet (Burkina-Faso)[3]
ABDEƐ ƎFGHI ƖKLMN ƝŊOƆP RSTUƲ WYZ
abdeɛ əfghi ɩklmn ɲŋoɔp rstuʋ wyz

Comparison of dialects

PhraseLereBarkaZeba
Good morningDomireh kiIdomleki
comeburiahhEyaham
waterpihi
foodforbilehobile

Lere phrases

  • Good morning: Domireh ki (Response: Domireh zain)
  • Good afternoon: Sundareh ki (Response: Sundareh zain)
  • Good evening/night: Yirbaa ki (Response: Yirbaa zain)
  • Thank you: Barka
  • Good: Minga
  • Come: Bur
  • Go: Ta
  • You're welcome: An barka boi
  • I love you: Moi wam

References

  1. ↑ Bissa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bissa". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ SIL 2016.


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