Alternate Names: Tusia, Tusian
Dialects: Kebeenton, Ter, Tru, Wenteene. Northern region dialects inherently intelligible to speakers but have 45% inherent intelligibility of Southern Toussian ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 19,500 (1995 SIL). 1,000 in Wenteene dialect, 18,500 in the other dialects.
Language Use: Home. All ages. Also use French [fra], Jula [dyu].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 5% in French, 3% in Jula [dyu].
Typology: SOV; postpositions; genitives, articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, indirect objects, passives; V, CV, CVC, CCV; tonal.
Nation of Origin: Burkina Faso
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Muslim.