Language

Southern Nuni

Southern Nuni is a language in the Atlantic-Congo family spoken in Burkina Faso and Ghana.

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Scripture in Southern Nuni

A complete Bible is reported in Southern Nuni.

From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.

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Where Southern Nuni is spoken

  • Burkina Faso
  • Ghana

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About Southern Nuni

Language family
Atlantic-Congo
ISO 639-3 code
nnw
Glottocode
sout2795
Also known as
Nuni, Southern · Nuni, Southern: Gori

Dialects and varieties 6

Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Southern Nuni as a whole.

  • Nuni, Southern: BasinyariNo known Scripture
  • Nuni, Southern: BwanaNo known Scripture
  • Nuni, Southern: GoriNo known Scripture
  • Nuni, Southern: MicariNo known Scripture
  • Nuni, Southern: SankuraNo known Scripture
  • Nuni, Southern: YatiniNo known Scripture

Sources

  • DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
  • GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
  • Data provided by Joshua ProjectData provided by Joshua Project · Noncommercial missions research and educational use
  • Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained

Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0.