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Bomu language

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Region
  
ISO 639-3
  
bmq

Ethnicity
  
Bwa

Glottolog
  
bomu1247

Native speakers
  
(56,000 in Burkina (1991)100,000 in Mali cited 1976 census)

Language family
  
Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoGurNorthern GurBwaBo

The Bo language of West Africa, Bomu (Boomu), also identified as Western Bobo Wule, is a Gur language of Burkina Faso and Mali.

Bomu is spoken by two groups of Bwa people, the Red Bobo, Bobo Wule (also spelled Bobo Oule), and the White Bobo, Bobo Gbe, also known as Kyan (also spelled Kian, Tian, Tyan, Can, Chan) or Tyanse.

References

Bomu language Wikipedia


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