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Bobo language

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Region
  
Burkina, Mali

Native speakers
  
220,000 (1995–2007)

Ethnicity
  
Bobo

Glottolog
  
bobo1253

Bobo language

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Mande Western Mande Northwestern Soninke–Bobo Bɔbɔ

ISO 639-3
  
Either: bwq – Southern bbo – Konabéré

Bobo (Bɔbɔ; also known as Bobo Fi, Bobo Fign, Bobo Fing, Bobo Mandaré, Black Bobo) is a major Mande language of Burkina Faso; the western city of Bobo Dioulasso is named partly for the Bobo people. Bobo consists of:

  • Southern dialects: Syabéré (Sya), Benge, Sogokiré, Voré, Zara (Bobo Dioula/Jula)
  • Northern a.k.a. Konabéré dialects: Yaba, Sankuma (Sarokama), Jèrè, Tankri, Kure, Kukoma (Koma).

    • Northern and Southern Bobo share only 20%–30% intelligibility according to Ethnologue, and by that standard are considered separate languages.

    The terms Bobo Fing 'Black Bobo' and Bobo Mandaré are used to distinguish them from Bobo Gbe 'White Bobo' and the Bobo Oule 'Red Bobo' of Burkina.

    References

    Bobo language Wikipedia
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