Natioro language

Spoken in

Niger - Congo

• Atlantic - Congo Gur Wara - Natyoro

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The language Natioro (also koo'ra, natjoro and natyoro called; ISO 639-3: nti ) is a Gursprache from the Niger -Congo language family, spoken by 2,400 people in the province Léraba of Burkina Faso.

The center of the speaker is the city Sindou, as well as the settlements Dinaoro, timba and Kawara.

With the language Wara [ wbf ] in Burkina Faso the Natioro forms the subgroup Wara - Natioro. She has two dialects: kaouara - timba - Sindou - koroni and ginaourou. The same ethnic group which speaks this language is adjacent to the Jula and therefore also uses the Diula. Therefore, many speakers are bilingual. However, the speaker usually go to the French language - the official language of Burkina Faso - to, so in the foreseeable future, the speaker can only monolingual speak French.