Tusya language

Tusya
Wín
Native to	Burkina Faso
Native speakers	(39,000 cited 1995)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo? Savannas? Gur? Tusya
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: wib – Southern tsp – Northern
Glottolog	tusi1238

Tusya, also spelled Tusiã, Tusian, Toussian and also known as Wín, is a language of Burkina Faso that is of uncertain affiliation within Niger-Congo. It may be a Gur language.

Dialects

There are two dialects.^[2]

• Tir (North Tusian)
• Win (South Tusian)

The northern and southern dialects have difficulty understanding each other.

The northern dialect is spoken to the north, east, and south of Orodara. The southern dialect is spoken in and around Toussiana.^[3]

Notes

1. Southern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Northern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Güldemann, Tom (2018). "Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa". In Güldemann, Tom (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of Africa. The World of Linguistics series. Vol. 11. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 58–444. doi:10.1515/9783110421668-002. ISBN 978-3-11-042606-9.
3. "Burkina Faso". Ethnologue, 22nd edition. Retrieved 2019-09-25.