Tyefo language

Tyefo
Cɛfɔ
Native to Burkina Faso
Ethnicity 12,000–15,000 (1995)[1]
Native speakers
1,000  (1995)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 tiq
Glottolog tief1242[2]

Tyefo, also spelled Cɛfɔ, Tiéfo, Kiefo, Tyeforo, is a language of Burkina Faso, formerly linked with the Gur languages, that is currently of uncertain affiliation. One of the two recorded dialects is extinct.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Tyefo at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Tiefo". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.