Alternate Names: Kasena, Kasim, Kassem, Kassena
Dialects: East Kasem, West Kasem. West and East Kasem mutually inherently intelligible. Reportedly similar to Nuni , and Lyélé ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 120,000 in Burkina Faso (1998 SIL). Population total all countries: 250,000.
Language Use: All ages. Also use French [fra], Mòoré [mos].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 15%. Literacy rate in L2: 15% French, 15% Mòoré. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1988–1997.
Typology: SVO; postpositions; genitives, articles, adjectives, numerals after noun heads; relatives after or without noun heads; no more than one affix per word; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, indirect objects, topic and comment; causatives; comparatives; CV, CVC, CVV; tonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Burkina Faso
Other Comments: Ethnic autonym: Kasena. East Kasem is more prestigious. Loanwords from French and Mòoré in Burkina Faso, English, Akan , in Ghana. Traditional religion, Christian.