'Kasena (or Kasem) 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.
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Region | Ghana, Burkina Faso |
Ethnicity | Kassena |
Native speakers | 250,000 (1998–2004)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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Writing system | Latin |
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ISO 639-3 | xsm |
Glottolog | kase1253 |
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