Samwe language

Gur language of Burkina
Samwe
Wara
RegionBurkina Faso
EthnicitySamba
Native speakers
(4,500 cited 1993)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3wbf
Glottologwara1292
ELPWara

Samwé (samoe), also known as Wara (ouara, ouala), is a Gur language of Burkina. Dialects are Negueni-Klani, Ouatourou-Niasogoni, and Soulani. Niasogoni speakers have difficulty with Negueni, but not vice versa.

References

  1. ^ Samwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)


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