Toussian, Southern | Ethnologue

A language of Burkina Faso

ISO 639: wib
Alternate Names: Tusia, Tusian, Tusya, Tusyang, Win
Autonym: Wĩ́nwɛ́y
Population: 19,500 in Burkina Faso (1995 SIL).
Location:: Cascades region: Comoe Hauts-Bassins region, Houet province, halfway between Banfora and Bobo-Dioulasso; Toussiana is center area.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Tusia
Dialects: 40% inherent intelligibility of Northern Toussian [tsp]. Nianha dialect is central. Each village has a separate dialect.
Typology: SOV; postpositions; genitives before noun heads; articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, indirect objects, passives; causatives; comparatives; V, CV, CVC, CCV; tonal.
Language Use: All domains. Used by all. All also use Jula [dyu]. Also use French [fra].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 5% in French [fra], 3% in Jula [dyu]. Dictionary. NT: 2015–2019.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Toussian, Southern
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Muslim.

Location: Cascades region: Comoe Hauts-Bassins region, Houet province, halfway between Banfora and Bobo-Dioulasso; Toussiana is center area.