• Threatened

  20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 7,800

  Native speakers worldwide
• MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS

  5,000 in Burkina Faso (1998). Population total all countries: 7,800.

MORE ON VITALITY

Favorable toward using Marka [rkm], Jula [dyu], or Bamanankan [bam]. Also use Jula [dyu]. Nearly all bilingual by age 15, but proficiency unknown.

PLACES

Burkina Faso; Mali

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

Sourou Province, Kassoum Subdistrict, Oué town area, Sourou River valley entering from Mali. Also in Mali.

• Threatened

  20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 7,800

  Native speakers worldwide