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Bambara |
Dogon |
Eastern Karabo |
Jula |
Kaan |
Kalamse |
Mossi |
Northern Dagara |
Northern Toussian |
Siamou |
Songhai |
Southern Toussian |
Tenbo |
Tiefo |
Tuareg |
Turka
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Wara |
Winye |
Zarma
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Tiefo
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| Indigenous Group |
Tiefo (Also known as: Tyefo, Tyeforo, Kiefo)
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| Location |
Burkina Faso, South of Bobo Dioulasso, Comoe Province; Regions of Tiefora and Sideradougou. Houet Province; Regions Bobo-Dioulasso, Peni, and Karankasso-Vigue. Near Banfora Cliffs the Villages Noumoudara, Péni, Finlande, Matruku, Daramandougou, Mousobadougou, Derege, Dege-Dege, Samogan, Tien, Kodala, Nyagafon and Lanfiera
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| Estimated Population |
12,000 (1995,
SIL) |
| Environment |
Savannah / Forest / Plain / Tropical
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| Lifestyle |
Sedentary
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| Subsistence |
Agriculture
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| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional
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| Language Family |
Tiéfo
Classification:
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Tiefo
Alternate Names:
Tyefo, Tyeforo, Kiefo
Dialects:
Noumoudara-Koumoudara, Dramandougou-Nyarafo |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue: Tiefo, A language of Burkina Faso
Socialistic Survey Report for the Tiefo Language
Foundation for Endangered Languages
Learning to Live or Leave: Education and Identity in Burkina Faso (2002, Sten Hagburg)
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| NGOs |
International Service: West Africa, Burkina Faso
Hilfe Direkt: Burkina Faso
Welthungerhilfe - German Agro Action
Afrique Verte
Save The Children
SNV - Connecting People’s Capacities
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