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Kusaal

Kusaal is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Togo, by about 121 thousand people.

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Kusaal, or Kusaasi, is a Gur language spoken primarily in northern eastern Ghana, and Burkina Faso. It is spoken by about 121,000 people and takes its name from the Kusaal people, or Kusasi. There is a distinctive dialect division between Agole, to the East of the Volta River, and Toende, to the West. Agole has more speakers. The 6-district capital; Bawku West with Zebilla as capital (mainly inhabited by the speakers of Atoende Kusaal) and the rest; Binduri, Bawku, Tempane, Garu and Pusiga districts mostly Agole dialect speakers. The complete Bible translation is in the Agole dialect.

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Words in Kusaal

MeaningWordRomanization
personnit*
nameyu7ut*
eyenif*
eartobut*
nose5ot*
tooth5in*
tonguezilim*
handnu7uk*
bloodzim*
bonekobut*
skingboN*
kneed3m*
breastbi7sa*
liversot*
waterku'om
fireb3g3m*
sunwintiN*
starwarabil*
stonekug3ti*
mountainzot*
treeti*
leafvauk*
nightyu7uN*
dogba*
fishziN*
lousekpiba*
oneyon*
twoyi*
Imam*
youf3*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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