Kasena language
Kasena or Kassena (Kasem or Kassem) is the language of the Kassena ethnic group and is a Gur language spoken in the Upper East Region of northern Ghana and in Burkina Faso.
| Kasena | |
|---|---|
| Region | Ghana, Burkina Faso |
| Ethnicity | Kassena |
Native speakers | (250,000 cited 1998–2004)[1] |
| Latin, Goulsse | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xsm |
| Glottolog | kase1253 |
 The region in which the Kassena people live in Ghana and Burkina Faso | |
Orthography
An independent 30-letter alphabet called the Goulsse alphabet (from gʋlse, “writing” in Mooré) was devised by Burkinabé app developer Wenitte Apiou, Babaguioue Micareme Akouabou and Kassem linguist Fernand Ki in summer of 2021 based on the geometrical patterns found in Kassena architecture. The alphabet is also planned to be applicable for the related Mooré language as well.[2]
References
- Kasena at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Brookes, Tim (August 23, 2022). "The Vanderbilt-Burkina Faso Connection". Endangered Alphabets. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
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