Toussian, Northern

A language of Burkina Faso

ISO 639: tsp
Alternate Names: Tusia, Tusian, Tusya, Tusyang
Population: 19,500 (1995 SIL). 1,000 in Wenteene dialect, 18,500 in the other dialects.
Location:: Hauts-Bassins region: Houet province west of Bobo-Dioulasso; Kenedougou province north, east, and south of Orodara.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Tusia
Dialects: Ter, Tru, Kebeenton, Wenteene. Northern region dialects inherently intelligible to speakers but have 45% inherent intelligibility of Southern Toussian [wib].
Typology: SOV; postpositions; genitives, articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, indirect objects, passives; V, CV, CVC, CCV; tonal.
Language Use: Home. Used by all. Also use French [fra]. Also use Jula [dyu].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 5% in French [fra], 3% in Jula [dyu].
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Muslim.

Location: Hauts-Bassins region: Houet province west of Bobo-Dioulasso; Kenedougou province north, east, and south of Orodara.