Paasaal language

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Paasaal
Southern Sisaala
RegionGhana
Native speakers
36,000 (2003)[1]
Dialects
  • Gilbagala
  • Pasaali
Language codes
ISO 639-3sig
Glottologpaas1238

Paasaal, or Pasaale Sisaala (Southern Sisaala) is a Gur language of Ghana, with a thousand speakers in Ivory Coast. The two dialects, Gilbagala and Pasaali, are part of a dialect continuum that continues on into Sisaala.

References

  1. ^ Paasaal at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)