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Where is Kantosi spoken?

Kantosi is an Atlantic-Congo language, spoken in Burkina Faso and Ghana. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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  • Atlantic-Congo
  • Austronesian
  • Sino-Tibetan
  • Indo-European
  • Afro-Asiatic
  • Nuclear Trans New Guinea
  • Otomanguean
  • Austroasiatic
  • Tai-Kadai
  • Pama-Nyungan

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Where Kantosi is spoken

Kantosi is spoken in 2 countries: Burkina Faso and Ghana.

Country
Burkina Faso
Ghana

Kantosi has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Kantosi?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Shifting. Glottolog lists it as shifting: the youngest speakers are adults, and children are growing up speaking another language.

Where Kantosi sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Kantosi as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Atlantic-Congo
  2. Volta-Congo
  3. North Volta-Congo
  4. Gur
  5. Central Gur
  6. Northern Central Gur
  7. Bwamu-Oti-Volta
  8. Oti-Volta
  9. Nuclear Oti-Volta
  10. Gurma-Yom-Oti-Volta Occidental
  11. Oti-Volta Occidental
  12. Nuclear Oti-Volta Occidental
  13. Northwest Oti-Volta
  14. Mossi-Farefare
  15. Mossic
  16. Kantosi

Related languages

Other languages in the Mossic group:

  • Mossi (7.6 million speakers)

More about Kantosi

Codes: ISO 639-3 xkt, Glottolog kant1249. Glottolog macroarea: Africa.

Questions about Kantosi

Where is Kantosi spoken?

Kantosi is spoken in Burkina Faso and Ghana. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Kantosi in?

Glottolog places Kantosi in the Atlantic-Congo family, in the branch Volta-Congo, North Volta-Congo, Gur, Central Gur, Northern Central Gur, Bwamu-Oti-Volta, Oti-Volta, Nuclear Oti-Volta, Gurma-Yom-Oti-Volta Occidental, Oti-Volta Occidental, Nuclear Oti-Volta Occidental, Northwest Oti-Volta, Mossi-Farefare and Mossic.

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