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Eastern Karabo |
Kaan |
Kalamse |
Mossi |
Northern Dagara |
Northern Toussian |
Siamou |
Songhai |
Southern Toussian |
Tenbo |
Tuareg |
Turka
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Wara |
Winye |
Zarma
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Toussian, Northern
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| Indigenous Group |
Toussian, Northern (Also known as: Tusia, Tusian)
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| Location |
Burkina Faso, South Western Burkina Faso (formerly Haute-Volta), Comoe Province, North, East, and South of Oradara
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| Estimated Population |
19,500 (1995,
SIL) |
| Environment |
Savannah / 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 |
Toussian, Northern
Classification:
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Tusia
Alternate Names:
Tusia, Tusian
Dialects:
Ter, Tru, Kebeenton, Wenteene |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue: Toussian, Northern: A language of Burkina Faso
Masque Toussian
Toussian: Burkina Faso
Art of Burkina Faso
African Masks: Toussian
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| NGOs |
International Service: West Africa, Burkina Faso
Hilfe Direkt: Burkina Faso
Welthungerhilfe - German Agro Action
Afrique Verte
Save the Children
The Dutch Organisation of Development (SNV)
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