{{Infobox language family |name=Senari |region=northern Ivory Coast, southern Mali, southern Burkina Faso |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=Atlantic–Congo |fam3=Senufo |fam4=Central |glotto=cent2244 |glottorefname=Central Senufo |map=Karaboro languages.png |mapcaption=The Senufo language area }}
The '''Senari languages''' form a central dialect cluster of the Senufo languages. They are spoken in northern Ivory Coast, southern Mali and southwest Burkina Faso by more than a million Senufo. Three varieties can be distinguished, *Cebaara (Tyebaala) *Senara *Nyarafolo, all with several dialects. With 860,000 speakers, Cebaara (Tyembara) is the largest of the four; it is also the central variety, spoken around the traditional Senufo center Korhogo. Senara (190,000 native speakers) of the Laraba Province of Burkina Faso is a geographic outlier; intelligibility testing with Cebaara yields ratings between 42 and 74 per cent (SIL). Nyarafolo is spoken by 50,000 in northeast Ivory Coast around Ferkessédougou; ''Ethnologue'' reports a classification as Tagwana-Djimini rather than Senari. Within Senufo as a whole, the Senari languages are thought to be most closely related to the Karaboro languages.
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==External links== *[http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Senufo PanAfrican L10n page on Senufo-Senari]
{{Senufo languages}} Category:Senari languages Category:Senufo languages
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