Sìcìté Sénoufo
Sìcìté Sénoufo is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Mali.
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The Sucite language or Sicite is a Senufo language spoken in southwestern Burkina Faso and Mali by approximately 35,000 people. Sucite is a close neighbour of the Supyire language, spoken in southeastern Mali. Sucite is sometimes regarded as the northern extension of the Supyire language. The two dialects are, according to Garber (1987), ‘quite mutually intelligible’. Sometimes speakers of Sucite will even refer to themselves as speaking Supyire. Another closely related lect is Mamara (also known as Minyanka).
Some other Senufo groups refers to the Sùcìté people as Tagba, because they live on the Tagouara plateau. There are various ways to spell the dialect names. Variants of Sucite include Sicite, Sipiite, and Sicire. The SIL language code is SEP.
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Words in Sìcìté Sénoufo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | s3ca* | |
| name | mExE* | |
| eye | 5elE* | |
| ear | nd3xe* | |
| nose | munala* | |
| tooth | nkanla* | |
| tongue | njide* | |
| hand | kantala* | |
| blood | s3san* | |
| bone | kacil3xe* | |
| skin | sExE* | |
| knee | n3gunNo* | |
| breast | jide* | |
| water | lo7o* | |
| fire | na* | |
| sun | caNa* | |
| star | wode* | |
| stone | njene* | |
| mountain | 5aNa* | |
| tree | t3xe* | |
| leaf | njedE* | |
| night | 5imb3l3xe* | |
| dog | pon* | |
| fish | fy3a* | |
| one | n3kin* | |
| two | sun* | |
| I | nda* | |
| you | mo* | |
| drink | gba* | |
| die | ku* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Mamara SenoufoAtlantic-Congo47% alike
- SenariAtlantic-Congo39% alike
- Supyire SenoufoAtlantic-Congo39% alike
- Senar de KankalabaAtlantic-Congo33% alike
- Nanerigé SénoufoAtlantic-Congo31% alike
- Eastern KaraboroAtlantic-Congo25% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · sici1249 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · sep