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ISO 639-3 · bivbiv
Niger–Congo family

Southern Birifor

Southern Birifor is a language of the Oti–Volta branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Ivory Coast and Ghana. Wikidata describes it as “Gur language spoken in Ghana and Ivory Coast”.

5 · Developing
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
biv
Glottocode
sout2790
Wikipedia
8 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
5levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameSouthern Birifor
Also calledSouthern Birifor language

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Southern Birifor

The branches above Southern Birifor, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch67Gurbranch22Oti–VoltabranchbivSouthern Biriforlanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Ivory Coast54 languages in the indexGhana75 languages in the index

Also spoken in Ivory Coast

fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalnqoN'KoNiger–Congo · 27 m9 · Second language onlyakaAkanNiger–Congo · 8.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationbamBambaraNiger–Congo · 4.2 m4 · EducationalmyqManinkaNiger–Congo · 3.3 mabrBonoNiger–Congo · 3 m5 · DevelopingdyuDyulaNiger–Congo · 2.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationbciBaouléNiger–Congo · 2.1 m5 · DevelopingmnkMandinkaNiger–Congo · 1.4 m5 · DevelopingsnkSoninkeNiger–Congo · 1.1 m5 · Developing