Safaliba language

Safaliba
Native to Ghana
Native speakers
4,000 (2003)[1]
Niger–Congo
Language codes
ISO 639-3 saf
Glottolog safa1243[2]

Safaliba is a Gur language of Ghana.

A recent project has developed a writing system for the language in order to enable its use in early school instruction.[3]

References

  1. Safaliba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Safaliba". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. VOA, "Learning to Read in Safaliba Helps Ghanaian Kids Learn English," 1 May 2015


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