Safaliba language

{{Short description|Gur language of Ghana}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Safaliba

|nativename=

|states=Ghana

|speakers=5,000

|date=2013

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Gur

|fam4=Northern

|fam5=Oti–Volta

|fam6=Moré–Dagbani

|fam7=Moré

|iso3=saf

|glotto=safa1243

|glottorefname=Safaliba

}}

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Safaliba is a Gur language of Ghana.

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;Writing & Pedagogy,"[https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/WAP/article/view/30379 Talk to Text Safaliba Literacy Activism: Grassroots Ghanaian Educational Language Policy]" Volume 9, No 1, 2017, 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.[https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/learn-to-read-safaliba-helps-learn-english/2737208.html Learning to Read in Safaliba Helps Ghanaian Kids Learn English]," 1 May 2015 Safaliba audio recordings have been documented, transcribed, and discussed in Sherris, Schaefer, and Aworo (2018).

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.

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