Xaasongaxango language
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| Xaasongaxango | ||
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| Spoken in: | Mali | |
| Total speakers: | 128 000 | |
| Language family: | Niger-Congo Mande Western Mande Manding Xaasongaxango |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | – | |
| ISO 639-3: | kao | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Xaasongaxango is a Manding-West language spoken as a first language by the Khassonké on the border of Mali and Senegal. It has about 128,170 speakers in all countries and is a national language of Mali. Xaasongaxango is highly similar to Malinke and Mandinka. Alternate names for the language include Xasonga, Kassonke, Khassonka, Khassonké, Khasonke, Kasonke, Kasson, Kasso, Xaasonga, Xasonke, and Xassonke.
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[edit] References
- Koite-Herschel, Ute. 1981. La translation du constituent verbal: le cas du xasonga. Mandenkan 2 (Automne 1981):3–16.
- Sullivan, Terrence D.. 2004. "A preliminary report of existing information on the Manding languages of West Africa: summary and suggestions for future research." SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2004-005: 34 p. http://www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2004-005
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