Khisa

Khisa is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Khisa · 9.7°N 4.1°W

Khisa (/khi-sɛ/ or /khi-sa/), also known as Komono, Khi Khipa and Kumwenu, is a Gur language of the Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. It is listed as threatened by the Endangered Languages Project due to many speakers preferring Jula for economic and educational reasons.

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Words in Khisa

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	niteriga*
name	yisi*
eye	yibi*
ear	lugu*
tooth	yige*
hand	le*
blood	tara*
bone	hubu*
breast	5iEn*
water	o7*
fire	na*
stone	gbo*
tree	dahu*
leaf	wa*
dog	bErmE*
fish	buro*
one	gbu*
two	5o7*
I	me*
die	hu*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

Nearby languages

Khe Téén Dogoso Dogosé Kaansa Loma (Côte d'Ivoire)Dyula Lobi Palaka Senoufo Eastern Karaboro

Elsewhere

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