Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Baoulé language
Language in Ivory Coast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Baoulé (native name: wawle), also known as Baule or Bawule,[citation needed] is a language spoken in central and southern Ivory Coast, including in the regions of Lacs, Lagunes, Gôh-Djiboua, Sassandra-Marahoué, Vallée du Bandama, Woroba, and Yamoussoukro, by approximately 5.3 million people.[1] It is a Kwa language of the Central Tano branch, forming a dialect continuum with Anyin and closely related to Nzema and Sehwi.[2] It is the common language of the Baoulé people, the largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.[3]
Remove ads
Translations of the Bible
In 1946, portions of the Bible translated into Baoulé were first published; the full New Testament followed in 1953.[citation needed] The complete Bible was published first in 1998, by the Bible Society in Abidjan.
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
Of these vowels, five may be nasalized: /ĩ/, /ɛ̃/, /ã/, /ũ/, and /ɔ̃/.[4][5]
Tones
Baoulé has five tones: high, low, mid, rising, and falling.[6]
Remove ads
Orthography
Baoulé uses the following letters to indicate the following phonemes:[4]
See also
References
Further reading
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads