Kusaal language
Gur language spoken in Ghana / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kusaal is a Gur language spoken primarily in northern eastern Ghana, and Burkina Faso. It is spoken by about 121,000 people and takes its name from the Kusaal people, or Kusasi. There is a distinctive dialect division between Agole, to the East of the Volta River, and Toende, to the West. Agole has more speakers. The 6-district capital; Bawku West with Zebilla as capital (mainly inhabited by the speakers of Atoende Kusaal) and the rest; Binduri, Bawku, Tempane, Garu and Pusiga districts mostly Agole dialect speakers. The complete Bible translation is in the Agole dialect.
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Kusaal | |
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Kʋsaal | |
Region | Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo |
Ethnicity | Kusaasi |
Native speakers | 121,000 (2021 census)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kus |
Glottolog | kusa1250 |
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