Safaliba language

Safaliba
Native to	Ghana
Native speakers	4,000 (2003)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Gur Northern Oti–Volta Moré–Dagbani Moré Safaliba; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	saf
Glottolog	safa1243

A recent project has developed a writing system for the language in order to enable its use in adult education and early school instruction. The Safaliba writing system is based on the work (1996) of Edmund Kuŋi Yakubu, a Safaliba teacher and activist;[2] a few changes in that system were made by Paul and Jennifer Schaefer, based on their phonological work, but the writing system for the most part stayed the same.[3] Safaliba audio recordings have been documented, transcribed, and discussed in Sherris, Schaefer, and Aworo (2018).[4]

Safaliba Drumming

Safaliba is a Gur language of Ghana.

A social media page on Safaliba literacy activism in Mandari, Ghana, can be found at this link: https://www.facebook.com/SafalibaLiteracy/

References

Safaliba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Writing & Pedagogy,"Talk to Text Safaliba Literacy Activism: Grassroots Ghanaian Educational Language Policy" Volume 9, No 1, 2017,
Learning to Read in Safaliba Helps Ghanaian Kids Learn English," 1 May 2015
Sherris, A., Schaefer, P., & Aworo, S. M. (2018). The paradox of translanguaging in Safaliba: A rural indigenous Ghanaian language. In A. Sherris and E. Adami (Eds.), Making Signs, Translanguaging Ethnographies: Exploring Urban, Rural, and Educational Spaces, pp. 152-169. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.

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[e18-1] Safaliba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[2] Writing & Pedagogy,"Talk to Text Safaliba Literacy Activism: Grassroots Ghanaian Educational Language Policy" Volume 9, No 1, 2017,

[3] Learning to Read in Safaliba Helps Ghanaian Kids Learn English," 1 May 2015

[4] Sherris, A., Schaefer, P., & Aworo, S. M. (2018). The paradox of translanguaging in Safaliba: A rural indigenous Ghanaian language. In A. Sherris and E. Adami (Eds.), Making Signs, Translanguaging Ethnographies: Exploring Urban, Rural, and Educational Spaces, pp. 152-169. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.