| Bissa | |
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| Spoken in | Burkina, Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Bissa people |
| Native speakers | 600,000 (date missing) |
| Language family |
Niger–Congo ?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bib |
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Majority areas of northern dialects of Bissa, in dark blue, on a map of Burkina Faso.
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Bissa (Bisa) is a Mande language spoken by the Bissa people of Burkina Faso, Ghana, and (marginally) Togo. Dialects are Barka, Lebir, Lere.
| Phrase | Lere | Barka |
|---|---|---|
| Good morning | Domireh ki | Idomleki |
| come | bur | iahh |
| water | pi | hi |
| food | forbile | hobile |