Sisaala language

Sisaala
Sissala
RegionGhana, Burkina Faso
Native speakers
(180,000 cited 1991–2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
ssl – Western Sisaala
sil – Tumulung Sisaala
sld – Sisaali
sig – Paasaal
Glottologsisa1248

Sisaala (Sissala) is a Gur language cluster spoken in northern Ghana near the town of Tumu[2] and in the neighbouring republic of Burkina Faso. Western Sisaala is intermediate between Sisaali and Tumulung Sisaala.

Paasaal is similar and also called (Southern) Sisaala.

  1. ^ Western Sisaala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Tumulung Sisaala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Sisaali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Paasaal at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Edited by M.E.Kropp Dakubu, The Languages of Ghana, Kegan Paul International, 1988.