Nuni language

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Nuni
Nunuma
Region Burkina Faso
Ethnicity Nuna
Native speakers
(213,000 cited 1995–2000) [1]
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
nuv   Northern Nuni
nnw   Southern Nuni
Glottolog nuni1253

Nuni is the Gur language continuum of the Nuna people of Burkina Faso. The northern and southern varieties are not mutually intelligible.

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References

  1. Northern Nuni at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Southern Nuni at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)