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BOX ISO 639-3

Buamu

Buamu Autonym

A language of Burkina Faso

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Bobo, Bomo, Bouamou, Bwaba, Bwamu, Eastern Bobo Oule, Eastern Bobo Wule, Red Bobo
Autonym
Buamu
Population
268,000 (2009 UNSD).
Location:
Boucle du Mouhoun region: Bale, Banwa, Kossi, Mouhoun, and Nayala provinces; Centre-Ouest region: Sissili province; Est region; Hauts-Bassins region: Houet and Tuy provinces; Sud-Ouest region: Bougouriba and Ioba provinces; area 80 km east–west and 200 km north–south.
Language Status
5 (Developing).
Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Northern, Bwamu
Dialects
Ouarkoye.
Typology
SVO, postpositions, relatives before noun heads, numerals, adjectives after noun heads; tonal.
Language Use
All domains. Used by all. Also use French [fra]. Also use Jula [dyu].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 2%. Active literacy program. Literature. Radio. NT: 2012.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Buamu
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments
Traditional religion, Christian.

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Location: Boucle du Mouhoun region: Bale, Banwa, Kossi, Mouhoun, and Nayala provinces; Centre-Ouest region: Sissili province; Est region; Hauts-Bassins region: Houet and Tuy provinces; Sud-Ouest region: Bougouriba and Ioba provinces; area 80 km east–west and 200 km north–south.