Bobo language

Mande language of Burkina Faso From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bobo language

The Bobo language is a Mande language of Burkina Faso and Mali; the western city of Bobo Dioulasso is named partly for the Bobo people. It consists of Southern and Northern dialect. The Northern dialect is also known as Konabéré. Northern and Southern Bobo share only 20%–30% intelligibility according to Ethnologue, and by that standard are considered separate languages.

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Bobo
Bobo
RegionBurkina Faso, Mali
EthnicityBobo
Native speakers
(340,000 cited 1995–2021)[1]
Niger–Congo?
  • Mande
    • Western Mande
      • Northwestern
        • Soninke–Bobo
          • Bobo
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
bwq  Southern
bbo  Northern
Glottologbobo1253
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Majority areas of Bobo speakers, in medium yellow, on a map of Burkina Faso
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The terms Bobo Fing 'Black Bobo' and Bobo Madaré are used to distinguish them from Bobo Gbe 'White Bobo' and the Bobo Oule 'Red Bobo' of Burkina.

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