Alternate Names: Nibulu, Nouni, Nounouma, Nuna, Nune, Nunuma, Nuruma
Dialects: Basinyari (Sundoni), Bwana, Gori, Micari, Sankura, Yatini. Reportedly similar to Kasem , and Lyélé ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 168,000 (2000).
Language Use: All ages. Also use French [fra], Mòoré [mos].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 10%. Literacy rate in L2: 5% in French. NT: 1999.
Typology: SVO; postpositions; genitives before noun heads; articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; question word initial; 1 prefix, 1 suffix; word order distinguishes subject and object; causatives; comparatives; CV, CVV, CVCV; tonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Burkina Faso
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian (Protestant), Muslim.