Kasena

E916967

Kasena is a Gur language spoken primarily by the Kasena people in northern Ghana and southern Burkina Faso.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kasena canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gur language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternativeName Kasem ⓘ
Kassem ⓘ
Kassena ⓘ
belongsToMacroArea Africa ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Farefare ⓘ
Nankani ⓘ
countryOfficialContext Burkina Faso ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
hasDomainUsage local radio broadcasting ⓘ
religious activities ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
hasEthnicPopulation Kasena ethnic group ⓘ
linked to: Kasena people
hasGlottocode kase1253 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Kasem ⓘ
hasISO6393Code xsm ⓘ
hasLanguageBranch Oti–Volta ⓘ
hasLanguageStatus regional language ⓘ
hasLexicalSimilarityWith other Oti–Volta languages ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology SVO basic word order ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone ⓘ
noun class remnants ⓘ
hasRegion Centre-Nord Region of Burkina Faso ⓘ
Upper East Region of Ghana ⓘ
hasScriptUsage Latin-based orthography in Burkina Faso ⓘ
Latin-based orthography in Ghana ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
languageOf Kasena people ⓘ
partOfLanguageFamily Niger–Congo language family ⓘ
spokenIn Burkina Faso ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
spokenInRegion northern Ghana ⓘ
southern Burkina Faso ⓘ
spokenPrimarilyBy Kasena people ⓘ
subfamilyOf Gur languages ⓘ
Northern Gur languages ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication ⓘ
local trade ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
usedInEducationLevel non-formal education ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.