Tusya language

Tusya
Wín
Native to Burkina Faso
Native speakers
 39,000 (1995)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
wib – Southern
tsp – Northern
Glottolog tusi1238[2]

Tusya, also spelled Tusiã, Tusian, Toussian and also known as Wín, is a language or languages of Burkina Faso, formerly linked with the Gur languages, that is of uncertain affiliation. The northern and southern dialects have difficulty understanding each other.

Notes

  1. ↑ Southern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Northern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tusia". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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