Karaboro languages

Karaboro
Geographic distribution:	southern Burkina Faso
Linguistic classification:	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Senufo Central Karaboro
Subdivisions:	Kar Syer-Tenyer
Glottolog:	`kara1479`^[1]
Karaboro, some neighbouring languages and the Senufo language area.

The Karaboro languages are spoken in Burkina Faso by approximately 65,000 people (SIL 1995/1991). They belong to the Senufo subfamily, but are separated from other Senufo languages by a small band of unrelated languages. Within Senufo they are thought to be most closely related to the Senari languages.

Footnotes

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Karaboro". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Bibliography

Hook, A., R. Mills and E. Mills (1975). L'Enquête Dialectale Karabora, Société Internationale de Linguistique and University of Ouagadougou.
Mills, Elizabeth (1984) Senoufo phonology, discourse to syllabe (a prosodic approach) SIL publications in linguistics (ISSN 1040-0850), 72.

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

Senufo languages

Northern	Mamara Nanerige Sucite Supyire

Central	Cebaara Kar Nyarafolo Kpalaga Senara Syer-Tenyer

Southern	Djimini Nafaanra Tagwana

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