Bissa language

Bissa
Region	Burkina, Ghana
Ethnicity	Bissa people
Native speakers	590,000 (1999–2003)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Mande Eastern Bisa–Busa Bissa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bib
Glottolog	biss1248[2]
Majority areas of northern dialects of Bissa, in dark blue, on a map of Burkina Faso.

Bissa (Bisa) is a Mande language spoken by the Bissa people of Burkina Faso, Ghana, and (marginally) Togo. Dialects are Barka, Lebir, Lere.

Comparison of Barka,Lere,Bandaogo and Zeba

Phrase	Lere	Barka	Zeba
Good morning	Domireh ki	Idomleki
come	bur	iahh	Eyaham
water	pi	hi
food	forbile	hobile

Phrases (Lere)

• Good morning: Domireh ki

 Response: Domireh zain

• Good afternoon: Sundareh ki

 Response: Sundareh zain

• Good evening/night: Yirbaa ki

 Response: Yirbaa zain

• Thank you: Barka
• Good: Minga
• Come: Bur
• Go: Ta
• You're welcome: An barka boi
• I love you: Moi wam

References

1. Bissa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bissa". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.