Kasem > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Kasem
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Kasim; Kasena; Kassem; Kassena; Kassene
Spoken in:
Burkina Faso, Ghana
Number of speakers:
120,000 in Burkina Faso (1998 SIL). Population total all countries: 250,000
(Ethnologue)
Code:
xsm
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Northern Grusi; Western Gurunsi (ngrs)
Child Dialects:
East Kasem (xsm-eas)
Lela (xsm-lel)
Nunuma (xsm-nun)
Fere (xsm-fer)
West Kasem (xsm-wes)
Kasem (xsm-kas)

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