Sisaala (Sissala) is a Gur language cluster spoken in northern Ghana near the town of Tumu[2] and in the neighbouring republic of Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso’s Sissili Province is named after the Sissala people.
Tumulung Sisaala, which is also known as Eastern Sisaala, is spoken East of Tumu in the Upper West region and Builsa in the Upper East Region.
Its name derives from the city of Tumu, which is the traditional capital of the Sisaala people.
Paasaal, which is also known as Pasaale/Southern Sisaala, is spoken between Lambussie and Tumu in the Upper West Region.