Sisaala

Sisaala (Sissala) nyɛla Gur balli din tɔɣisiri northern Ghana Tumu polo^[1] ni yaɣ'shɛŋa din baɣi Burkina Faso. Western Sisaala be la Sisaali mini Tumulung Sisaala sunsuuni.

Paasaal mini li ŋmani la taba ka bɛ booni li (Southern) Sisaala.

Distribution

Map showing the area Sisaala is spoken.

Sisaala nyɛlaSissala ni tɔɣisiri bal'shɛli. Sisaala nima ban be Ghana be la Northern Region, din be Upper East Region mini Upper West Region.

Burkina Faso Sissili nyɛla bɛ ni zaŋ Sissala yuli n-ti shɛli.

Dialects

Tumulung Sisaala, bɛ ni lahi booni shɛli Eastern Sisaala, bɛ tɔɣisiri li la East Tumu din be Upper West region n-ti pahi Builsa din be Upper East Region. Bɛ yihila di yuli ŋɔ na tiŋa yuli booni Tumu puuni, din nyɛ Sisaala nima tiŋa zuɣu.

Western Sisaala, bɛ ni lahi booni shɛli Lambishi Sisaala, nyɛla bɛ ni tɔɣisiri shɛli Tumu din be upper west Region mini Gonja din be Northern Region.

Paasaal, bɛ ni lahi booni shɛli Pasaale/Southern Sisaala, nyɛla bɛ ni tɔɣisiri shɛli Lambussie mini Tumu din be Upper West Region.

Burkina Sisaala, bɛ ni lahi booni shɛli Sisaali bee Northern Sisaala, nyɛla bɛ ni yari bali shɛli Burkinabe, Sissili mini Ioba nima yaɣili.

Kundivihira

↑ Edited by M.E.Kropp Dakubu, The Languages of Ghana, Kegan Paul International, 1988.

Sisaala–English English–Sisaala Dictionary (1975). Ghana Institute of Linguistics, 231 pp. ISBN 9964-92-298-1. [Western Sisaala]

External links

A grammatical sketch of Isaalo (Western Sisaala)

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[1] Edited by M.E.Kropp Dakubu, The Languages of Ghana, Kegan Paul International, 1988.

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