Endangered Languages Project - Khisa

Khisa

^{[aka Komono, Khi Khipa, Kumwenu]}

Classification: Niger-Congo

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Komono, Khi Khipa, Kumwenu, Khi, Khise, Khi-sɛ, Khi-sa
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, North Volta-Congo, Gur
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		kqm
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
8,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
5,000 in Côte d’Ivoire (Vanderaa 1991). Population total all countries: 8,000.

DATE OF INFO: 1991

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: The people in Dabokiri village have shifted to Jula. Also use Jula [dyu].

PLACES: Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Southwest, near Côte d’Ivoire border, Comoé Province, Mangodara Prefecture. 25 villages [in Burkina Faso].

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Le khi (khi-sɛ ou khi-sa est le nom de la langue; khi-ra sg., khi-pɛ ou khi-pa pl. est le nom du population) est reconnu généralement sous l'appellation 'vrai Komono'."

PLACES: Burkina Faso

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~3,000
Native speakers worldwide

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Reports gathered during my visit in 1988 indicate that all Khi speak Jula, and that at least one village (Dabokiri) has shifted from using Khisa to Jula."

PLACES: Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Southernmost corner of the Comoë Province in about ten villages between Mangodara on the north and Massadéhirikoro on the south."

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International