Suppire, Minianka
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Categories: Languages, Mali, Northern Côte d'Ivoire
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- 1. Classification / Classification
- 2. Where Spoken / Localisation géographique
- 3. Number of Speakers / Nombre de locuteurs
- 4. Dialect Survey / Enquête de dialecte
- 5. Usage / Utilisation
- 6. Orthography / Orthographe
- 7. Use in ICT / Utilisation dans les TIC
- 8. Localisation resources / Ressources pour localisation
- 9. Comments / Remarques
- 10. References / Références
Supyire, Mamara
1. Classification / Classification
Suppire/Minianka belongs to the Northern Senufo subgroup of Gur Voltaic. (Webbook?)
Ethnologue? lists the classification as: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Senufo, Suppire-Mamara
This is a different group of Senufo from that treated under that title in this survey (that group is called Senari).
2. Where Spoken / Localisation géographique
It is spoken in southeastern Mali. (Webbook)
One dialect in Côte d'Ivoire may be related.
The maps below show the distribution of Supyire and Mamara within the broader range of Senufo language groups (source: Wikipedia; maps created by Mark Dingemanse of Vormdicht under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License):
3. Number of Speakers / Nombre de locuteurs
According to Ethnologue:
- Senoufo, Mamara: 737,802 in Mali (2000 WCD)
- Senoufo, Supyire: 364,000 in Mali (1991)
- Senoufo, Shempire: 100,000 in Côte d'Ivoire (1996)
4. Dialect Survey / Enquête de dialecte
Suppire and Minianka are, according to Voegelin and Voegelin (1977), mutually intelligible dialects. Further survey work is being conducted (l983) near Sikasso by Robert Carlson of the SIL. Grimes (1996) reports a dialect of "Shenpire" in northern Côte d'Ivoire with an undetermined relationship to Suppire. (Webbook) [update]
According to information compiled from Ethnologue:
- Senoufo, Mamara (Miniyanka, Minya, Mianka, Minianka, Mamara, Tupiire). Close to Supyire Senoufo, but intercomprehension is difficult.
- Sõghoo
- Bàjii
- Nafãã
- Mìjuu
- Kle Noehmõ
- Nejuu
- Koloo
- Kujaa
- Suõõ
- Sénoufo, Supyire (Supyire, Sup'ide, Suppire)
- Senoufo, Shempire - 3 or 4 dialects. Relationship to Supyire Senoufo in Mali is undetermined.
5. Usage / Utilisation
Suppire is an important regional language in Mali. (Webbook) Minyanka (Mamara) is a "national language" in Mali. (Wikipedia)
The Ethnologue pages on Mamara and Supyire list the titles of numerous vernacular publications (apparently not available online):
- Mamara:
- Kanha shazhɛɛyɛ ni xhùu pɔrigana. 2000.
- Mamaara (Miyɛngaa jomɔ pu) taanni taanni semi (Minankakan kalanni sɛben). 1999.
- Mamaara (miyɛngaa jomɔ pu) taanni taanni semi (Minankakan kalanni sɛben). 2000.
- Mamaara kalaa wu tayerege shuun wogo ki wo semi. 2001.
- Miyɛngáa kálaa nɔ-kɔɔnrɔ sémi (Minankakan kalan nɛbila sɛbɛn). 1996.
- Ponɔ na nɛ shɔgɔ fuŋɔ ni. 1999.
- Sige yakanhaya. 2000.
- Wù giraya cee!. 1999.
- Wù Mámaàra tì (Miyɛngáa jómɔ pú) taanni (Kʼa daminɛ Bamanankan na ka se Minankakan ma). 1998.
- Supyire
- Jofoo u a ja jo na yɛ?. 1998.
- ɲwɔkanbwuunni: Supyire - tubabushɛɛnre, Tubabushɛɛnre - Supyire (Lexique de l'orthographe Supyire; Supyire - Français, Français - Supyire. 2003.
- Supyire ŋwɔhɔyi 1. 1998.
6. Orthography / Orthographe
6.1 Status / Statut
No information specific to Suppire / Minianka. (Webbook) [needs updating]
It is a Latin-based orthography with extended characters and apparently diacritics to mark tone.
Some of the titles above (5) and the following should have information:
Carlson, Robert. 1998. Wuu Supyire semɛ (Ecrivons le supyiré: Orthographe et grammaire pratiques du supyiré de Kampolondougou).
6.2 Sample Alphabet / Alphabet exemple
Page from Hartell (1993) with Minyanka orthography, on the Rosetta Project site: http://www.rosettaproject.org/archive/myk/ortho-1 .
A sample text of Senoufo (Mamara) is shown on the "Language Museum" site: http://www.language-museum.com/s/senoufo-mamara.htm
(See also the titles in 5, above)
7. Use in ICT / Utilisation dans les TIC
7.1 Fonts / Polices
Unicode fonts with extended Latin ranges should cover the needs of this language. (8-bit legacy fonts? should be avoided.)
7.2 Keyboard layouts / Dispositions de clavier
7.3 Content on computers & internet / Contenu en informatique et sur l'Internet
7.4 Localized software / Logiciels localisés
Not aware of any localization efforts.
7.5 Language codes / Codes de langue
(No specific ISO 639-1 or ISO 639-2 codes)
Senoufo, Mamara
- ISO 639-3: myk
Senoufo, Shempire
- ISO 639-3: seb
Senoufo, Supyire
- ISO 639-3: spp
7.6 Other / Autre
8. Localisation resources / Ressources pour localisation
8.1 Individuals (experts) / Individuelles (experts)
8.2 Institutions / Institutions
8.3 On the internet / Sur la toile
9. Comments / Remarques
Apparently there is separate literature for Supyire and Mamara/Minianka. Would some kinds of localisation nevertheless be best done in a way to cover the two?
Questions re dialects:
- Should Nanerigé and Sìcìté (both of Burkina Faso) be added to this profile?
- There is also a larger question how to treat the Senufo dialects not part of either the Senari or the Suppire groups.
10. References / Références
Dwyer, David (1997), Webbook of African Languages, http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfrLang/hiermenu.html (page on "Suppire/Minianka," http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfrLang/Suppire_root.html )
Hartell, Rhonda L. ed. 1993. The Alphabets of Africa/Alphabets de Langues Africaines. Dakar: UNESCO & SIL.
SIL International, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, "Senoufo, Mamara," http://www.ethnologue.com/language/myk
______, "Senoufo, Supyire," http://www.ethnologue.com/language/spp
______, "Senoufo, Shempire," http://www.ethnologue.com/language/seb
SIL International, "ISO 639 Code Tables," http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/codes.asp
U.S. Library of Congress, "ISO 639.2: Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages: Alpha-3 codes arranged alphabetically by the English name of language," http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php
Wikipedia, "Langues sénoufo," https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langues_sénoufo
______, "Mamara," https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamara
______, "Minyanka language," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minyanka_language
______, "Senufo languages," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senufo_languages
______, "Suppire-Mamara languages," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppire-Mamara_languages
______, "Supyire language," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supyire_language
______, "Supyiré," https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supyiré
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