Also Known As:
Wára, Ouara, Ouala, Samoe
Dialects & Varieties
- Negueni-Klani
- Faniagara
- Ouatourou-Niasogoni
- Soulani
K1. Samwe (Wara)
Miehe, Gudrun and Winkelmann, Kerstin. 2007. Noun Class Systems in Gur Languages; Vol. I Southwestern Gur Languages (without Gurunsi). (Gur Monographs, 9.) In Miehe, Gudrun and Winkelmann, Kerstin (eds.) Köln: Rüdiger Köppe. 617pp.
Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~4,500
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Comoé Province, Burkina Faso
Location Description
"Living in the Comoé Province of Burkina Faso, west of Banfora near the town of Sindou. Formerly the Samwe speakers settled on the rocky hills dominating the plain of the Lerbara. Nowadays they have left the hills."
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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Writing Systems
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Recent Resources
The Wara people profile according to the Go West Africa resource.
L'Histoire d'Adam et Eve écrit en wara avec une traduction française.