KQM ISO 639-3
Khisa
A language of Côte d’Ivoire
- ISO 639
- kqm
- Alternate Names
- Khi Khipa, Komono, Kumwenu
- Population
- 5,000 in Côte d’Ivoire (Vanderaa 1991). Total users in all countries: 8,000.
- Location:
- Zanzan district: north.
- Language Status
- 6b* (Threatened).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Southern, Gan-Dogose
- Dialects
- Speakers say they can understand Kaansa [gna] and Senoufo, given time. Lexical similarity: 82% with Dogosé [dos], 72% with Kpatogo dialect of Kaansa, 71% with Kaansa [gna], 16% with Dogoso [dgs], 13% with Khe [kqg].
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Khisa
- Writing
- Unwritten [Qaax].
- Other Comments
- Muslim.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Cascades region: Comoe province, Mangodara prefecture, 25 villages near Côte d’Ivoire border.
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting)
- Other Comments
- ‘Komono’ is the Jula name. Muslim. View other languages of Burkina Faso
Language Name
Khisa
User Population
3,000 in Burkina Faso (1991 SIL).
Map
Location: Zanzan district: north.
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