Samwe language

Not to be confused with Wára language.

Samwe
Wara
Region	Burkina Faso
Ethnicity	Samba
Native speakers	4,500 (1993)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Wara–Natyoro Samwe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`wbf`
Glottolog	`wara1292`^[2]

Samwé (Samoe), also known as Wara (Ouara, Ouala), is a Niger–Congo language of Burkina. Dialects are Negueni–Klani, Ouatourou–Niasogoni, Soulani. Niasogoni speakers have difficulty with Negueni, but not vice versa.

References

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

Languages of Burkina Faso

Official language

French

Regional languages

Indigenous
languages

Mande	Bissa Bobo Dyula Kpee Marka Samo

Gur	Birifor Bomu Buamu Bwa Cerma Cwi Bwamu Dagaare Gourmanché Gurunsi Kasena Láá Láá Bwamu Puguli

Senufo	Karaboro Nanerigé Sucite Syer-Tenyer

Wara–Natyoro	Natioro Paleni Samwe

Other	Fula Hausa Humburi Senni Siamou Tamasheq Western Plains Dogon

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