Tusya language

Tusya
Wín
Native to Burkina Faso
Native speakers
39,000 (1995)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
wib  Southern
tsp  Northern
Glottolog tusi1238[2]

Tusya, also spelled Tusiã, Tusian, Toussian and also known as Wín, is a language or languages of Burkina Faso, formerly linked with the Gur languages, that is of uncertain affiliation. The northern and southern dialects have difficulty understanding each other.

Notes

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


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