Susu language page

Classification and where spoken

Suppire/Minianka, spoken in southeastern Mali, belongs to the Northern Senufo subgroup of Gur Voltaic.

Number of speakers

Grime (1996) reports 923,000 speakers of Susu and 187,800 speakers of Yalunka. Platiel (1978) gives a total of 505,000 Susu speakers and 113,000 Yalunka speakers. Voegelin and Voegelin (1977) give a combined total of 392,000, and Houis (1981) reports 550,000.

Usage

Susu is an important regional language of northern Sierra Leone and western Guinea (coastal region).

Orthographic status

No information concerning the orthographic status of Susu has come to our attention.

Sets of learning materials

One set of materials appears to be sufficient.