Country
Languages of Burkina Faso
The Linguasphere Register records 11 entries for Burkina Faso, spread across 4 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.
11Register entries
4Sectors present
7Zones
4Language entries
0= AFRICA 1= AFRO-ASIAN 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 9= TRANSAFRICAN
Register entries recorded in Burkina Faso
| Code | Entry | Level | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
00= | MANDIC | Zone | Covers the "Mande" grouping (part of the "Congo-Kordofanian", "new Niger-Congo" hypothesis; and part of the … |
01= | SONGHAIC | Zone | Covers the Songhay+Sahaq set (part of the "Nilo-Saharan" hypothesis; and part of the "Mande+Songhai" hypothesis). |
10= | TAMAZIC | Zone | "Tamazic", "Berber" or Tamasheq+Qabaylith set of languages; part of "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic … |
19= | BAUCHIC | Zone | Covers the "West Chadic" grouping, part of the "Chadic" affinity within the wider "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic … |
51= | ROMANIC | Zone | Covers the "Romance" or Italiano + Româneasca set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
90-BAA-ai | jelgooji | Inner | Ouahigouya… Djibo |
90-BAA-aj | bogandé | Inner | Bogandé |
90-BAA-ak | liptaako | Inner | Dori |
90-BAA-al | fula-gurma | Inner | Fada-N’gourma |
90= | ATLANTIC | Zone | Covers the "Atlantic" ("old West-Atlantic less Mel") reference area, within the "Transafrican" continental affinity. |
91= | VOLTAIC | Zone | Covers the "Gur" or "Voltaic" reference area within the "Volta-Congo" affinity, within the wider "Transafrican … |
Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.