Wara–Natyoro languages

Wara–Natyoro
Samu
Geographic
distribution:
Burkina Faso
Linguistic classification:

Niger–Congo

Subdivisions:
Glottolog: samu1243[1]

The Wara–Natyoro languages are a small group of minor languages of Burkina Faso: Samwe, Paleni (both called Wara) and Natyoro, which are notably similar but not mutually intelligible. They were once classified as part of an expanded Gur (Voltaic) family, and are part of the Savannas proposal.

References

  1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Samu". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.