Dictionnaire Kusaal

This dictionary allows you to discover the Kusaal language, mowed dialect which is spoken in the south of Burkina Faso and in the north of Ghana. By clicking on the "search" button (the small magnifying glass at the top right), a window opens and you can type words in Kusaal, French or English. Type "search" and a new window will display the results. Select the word you want to consult closely, and a new window will open on your screen.

The Kusaal language is spoken by around 335,000 speakers in Ghana and around 17,000 people in Burkina Faso (1997 statistics).

The Kusaal is a member of the Niger-Congolese, Atlantico-Congolese, Voltaic-Congolese, North, Gur, Gur central, North, Oti-Volta, West, Southeast linguistic family. The most related languages ​​are Dagbani and Mampruli, but Kusaal is also related to Frafra (also known as Ninkarè and Gurune / Gurenne) and Mooré.

There are two dialects of kusaal: “eastern kusaal”, also called “agole kusaal”, which is spoken only in Ghana, in the eastern part of the kusaalophone region, and located east of the Nakambé river , then the “kusaal de l'Ouest”, also called “kusaal mondé”, which is spoken in the western part of kusaal territory in Ghana and beyond the border with Burkina Faso, and located between the Nazinon rivers and Nakambé. All the words in this dictionary are from the shorn dialect of Burkina Faso.

The same dictionary can be viewed online at the following website:

https://www.webonary.org/kusaal-bf/

Kassem books can be downloaded from the following website:

https://kusaal-bf.com/fr/bienvenu-sur-le-site-kusaal

A version of the same dictionary for free download on Windows computer is available from the following website:

https://kusaal-bf.com/fr/bienvenu-sur-le-site-kusaal

Introduction (English)

Discover the marvelous language and culture of the Kusaasi people with a few mouse clicks!

To search an item, just click on the small search icon on the top right and a search window will appear. Type the word you are looking for (Kussal, French or English) into the search field and click "search". A new window with the search results will open and you can find your dictionary entry.

Kusaal is classified as follows: ‘Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Northern, Oti-Volta, Western, Southeast, Kusaal’. The language is most closely related to Dagbani and Mampruli, but is also closely related to Frafra (also known by the names Ninkare or Gurune / Gurenne) and Mooré.

Kusaal has two main dialects: the “Eastern Kusaal” dialect, also called the “Agole” Kusaal spoken in Ghana only, in the eastern part of the Kusaal area and the “Western Kusaal” dialect also called the “Tonde” Kusaal spoken in the western area of ​​the Kusaal area in Ghana and across the border in Burkina Faso. All words in this dictionary are in the Tonde dialect of Burkina Faso.