Languages of Burkina Faso

Bissa (Bisa) is a Mande language that is spoken by the Bissa people of Burkina Faso, Ghana and (marginally) Togo.

Frafra or Farefare, also known as Gurenɛ, is the language of the Frafra people of northern Ghana, particularly the Upper East Region, and southern Burkina Faso.

Kar (Kler), or Eastern Karaboro, is a central Senufo of Burkina Faso.

The Mandinka language (Mandi'nka kango), or Mandingo, is a Mandé language spoken by the Mandinka people of the Casamance region of Senegal, the Gambia, and northern Guinea-Bissau.

The Mossi language (known in the language as Mooré; also Mòoré, Mõõré, Moré, Moshi, Moore, More) is one of two official regional languages of Burkina Faso, closely related to the Frafra language spoken just across the border in the northern half of Ghana and less-closely to Dagbani and Mampruli further south.

Koromfe is a Gur language spoken in a U-shaped area around the town of Djibo, in the north of Burkina Faso and southeastern Mali, bordering Dogon Country.

Nuni is the Gur language continuum of the Nuna people of Burkina Faso.

Birifor is a pair of Gur languages of Burkina Faso (Northern Birifor) and Ghana (Southern Birifor).

Kusaal, or Kusasi (Qusasi), is a Gur language spoken primarily in northern Ghana.

Hausa (/ˈhaʊsə/) (Yaren Hausa or Harshen Hausa) is the Chadic language (a branch of the Afroasiatic language family) with the largest number of speakers, spoken as a first language by about 35 million people, and as a second language by millions more in Nigeria, and millions more in other countries, for a total of at least 41 million speakers.

Jula (Dyula, Dioula) is a Mande language spoken in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and Mali.

Tusya, also spelled Tusiã, Tusian, Toussian and also known as Wín, is a language or languages of Burkina Faso, formerly linked with the Gur languages, that is of uncertain affiliation.

Cwi Bwamu, or simply Cwi (Twĩ), is a Gur language of Burkina Faso.

Tuareg (English pronunciation: /ˈtwɑːrɛɡ/), also known as Tamasheq (English pronunciation: /ˈtæməʃɛk/), Tamajaq, or Tamahaq, and ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵌⴰⵆ in Tifinagh, is a Berber language, or a family of very closely related languages and dialects, spoken by the Tuareg Berbers, in large parts of Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya, and Burkina Faso, with a few speakers, the Kinnin, in Chad.

Lobi (also Miwa and Lobiri) is a Gur language of Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Ghana.

Bolon is a Manding language of Burkina Faso.

Gourmanchéma (Goulmacema, Gourma, Gourmantche, Gulimancema, Gulmancema, Gurma) is a major language of the Gurma people spoken in from Burkina Faso across northern Togo and Benin and as far as Niger.

Kasem (Kassena) is the language of the Kassena ethnic group and is a Gur language spoken in the Upper East Region of northern Ghana and in Burkina Faso.

Cerma (Kirma) is a Gur language of Burkina Faso.

Nanerige is a Senufo language spoken in south-western Burkina Faso.

Natioro (Natyoro), or Koo’ra, is a Niger–Congo language of Burkina Faso spoken by a caste of blacksmiths.

Syer-Tenyer, or Western Karaboro, is a pair of Senufo dialects of Burkina Faso.

The Tamasheq language is a variety of the Tuareg languages.

Dagaare is the maternal language of the Dagaaba people in Ghana and Burkina Faso.

The Bwa languages (Bwamu, Bomu) are a branch of the Gur languages spoken by over half a million Bwa people of Burkina Faso and Mali.

Burkina Sign Language (in French: Langue des signes mossi) is the indigenous sign language of the Deaf community in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou.

Sucite is a Senufo language spoken in southwestern Burkina Faso by approximately 35,000 people.

Kaansa, also known as Gan (Gã), is a Gur language of Burkina Faso.

The Dogon dialects of the western plains below the Bandiagara Escarpment is Mali are mutually intelligible.

Puguli or Phuie (Pwĩẽ) is the language of the Phuo people.

The Bo language of West Africa, Bomu (Boomu), also identified as Western Bobo Wule, is a Gur language of Burkina Faso and Mali.

American Sign Language (ASL) developed in the United States and Canada, but has spread around the world.

The principal Bwa language, Eastern Bobo Wule (Buamu, Bwamu), is a Gur language of Burkina Faso.

Láá Láá Bwamu is a Gur language of Burkina Faso.

Paleni (Paléni), also known as Wara (Ouara, Ouala), is a minor Niger–Congo language spoken in the village of Faniagara in Burkina.

The Kpee language, Kpeego, commonly called Numu (Noumoukan), is a Mande language spoken by blacksmiths (numu) in Burkina Faso.

The Siamou language, also known as Sɛmɛ (Seme), is a Kru language of the Niger–Congo language family.

Humburi Senni, or Central Songhay, is a variety of Southern Songhai spoken in the Hombori region, straddling the Burkina–Mali border.

Samwé (Samoe), also known as Wara (Ouara, Ouala), is a Niger–Congo language of Burkina.