Explore: Kasena Language

Kasena or Kassena (Kasem or Kassem) is the language of the Kassena ethnic group and is a Gur language spoken in the Upper East Region of northern Ghana

alternatively known as Kasena, Kasim, Kassem, Kasɩm, or Kassena. Gonja is one of the Guang languages, part of the Tano languages within the Kwa branch

required) Karanga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Kasena at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Kassonke at Ethnologue

Kassena. In her book “Stirring Life: Women's Paths and Places Among the Kasena of Northern Ghana”, she elaborates on the material culture, rituals and

from more than one. They are found in a number of languages, including Armenian, French, Georgian, Kasena of Ghana, and Pashto of Afghanistan and Pakistan

unclassified language called "Wawu" identified his people's neighbors as the Fra (Kasena), Bente, Naena, Gui, Guraa (Anyi), Guaflee and No (= Nejo, Bete). A few

a Gur language of Burkina Faso. A Latin script orthography with 29 letters (including extended characters) and three diacritics (the language has four

Sisala, Kaséna, Nankana, and Kusasé who share similar Gur languages. The Léla speak Lélé, the Nuna speak Nuni, the Winiama speak Winien, and the Kaséna speak

is victorious". Also, the following pair are counter proverbs from the Kasena of Ghana: "It is the patient person who will milk a barren cow" and "The

descendants of a Mampurusi prince named Atuga from Nalerigu, a Gur-speaking Kasena blacksmith (feok) named Akana from Kurugu near Dakai in Burkina Faso who