Kaansa, also known as Gan (Gã), is a Gur language of Burkina Faso.
| Kaansa | |
|---|---|
| Gan | |
| Kaansa | |
| Region | Burkina Faso |
Native speakers | (6,000 cited 1990)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gna |
| Glottolog | kaan1246 |
| Person | Kaan |
|---|---|
| People | Kaamba |
| Language | Kaansa |
A Latin script orthography with 29 letters (including extended characters) and three diacritics (the language has four tones) was developed beginning in the 1990s with the help of Stuart and Cathie Showalter, an American missionary couple.[2]
References
edit- ^ Kaansa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Mission: Burkina Faso," The Washington Times, Tuesday, December 30, 2008
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