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Niger–Congo family
Bissa
Bissa is a language of the Mande branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Togo. Wikidata describes it as “Mande language spoken in West Africa”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bib- Glottocode
biss1248- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 20 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Bissa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Bisa, Bissa language, Bissagiella |
| Official in | Burkina Faso |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Bissa
The branches above Bissa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Burkina Faso
fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialmosMooréNiger–Congo · 7.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationtmhTuaregAfroasiatic · 1.2 mVulnerabledgaDagaareNiger–Congo · 1.1 m4 · EducationalgurFrafraNiger–Congo · 820,0004 · EducationaltaqTamasheqAfroasiatic · 500,0005 · DevelopinglobLobiNiger–Congo · 440,0005 · DevelopingkusKusaalNiger–Congo · 121,0005 · DevelopingpugPuguliNiger–Congo · 14,3006a · Vigorous