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Eastern Karabo |
Kaan |
Kalamse |
Mossi |
Northern Dagara |
Northern Toussian |
Siamou |
Songhai |
Southern Toussian |
Tenbo |
Tuareg |
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Wara |
Winye |
Zarma
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Winye
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| Indigenous Group |
Winye (Also known as: Winyé, Kolsi, Kols, Ko, Kõ)
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| Location |
Burkina Faso, Central Western, Bali Province, Boromo Subdistrict, Boromo, between Bobo-Dioulosso and Ouagadougou; approx. 17 villages
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| Estimated Population |
20,000 (1999,
SIL International) |
| Environment |
Savannah / Plains / Riverine / Tropical
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| Lifestyle |
Sedentary
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| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Fishing / Hunter / Gatherer / Animal Husbandry
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| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional
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| Language Family |
Winye
Classification:
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Southern, Grusi, Western
Alternate Names:
Kolsi, Kols, Kõ
Dialects:
Close to Sisaala languages |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue: Winye: A language of Burkina Faso
Lb IRD de Burkina Faso
Fishing Rights on the Floodplains of Gwendegue
Language map of Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Land Information
Immorality at the Foundations : Common and Individual Interests Among the Winye
Burkina Faso 2003: Corruption and Human Development
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| NGOs |
Africatile
Association Solidarité en Action
World Bank
Hilfe Direkt: Burkina Faso
Welthungerhilfe - German Agro Action
Save the Children
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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