Alternate Names: San, Sane
Dialects: Toma (Makaa, Nyaana). Intelligibility low across Samo varieties.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 85,000 (1998).
Language Use: Home, religion, commerce. All ages. Positive attitudes. Users of Toma dialect also use French [fra]. Mostly those who do not speak the Toma dialect also use Jula [dyu], mainly youth. Also use Mòoré [mos], Western Niger Fulfulde [fuh].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: Higher among Toma. Motivation to read French and Toma Samo is high. A literacy center in Toma teaches Toma. Grammar. NT: 1995.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Burkina Faso
Other Comments: The Rimaïbé are Samo who were former Fula slaves, now speak Fulfulde , as L2, and live in Kawara, Kassan, Zoumou, and Teri in the Tougan area. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.