BWQ ISO 639-3
Bobo Madaré, Southern
Boboda Autonym
A language of Burkina Faso
- ISO 639
- bwq
- Alternate Names
- Black Bobo, Bobo, Bobo Fi, Bobo Fing
- Autonym
- Boboda
- Population
- 181,000 (2009 UNSD).
- Location:
- Boucle du Mouhoun region: Banwa province; Est region; Hauts-Bassins region: Houet province, Bobo Dioulasso area; Kenedougou and Tuy provinces.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Mande, Western, Northwestern, Soninke-Bobo, Bobo
- Dialects
- Benge, Sogokiré, Voré, Syabéré (Sya), Zara (Bobo Dioula, Bobo Jula).
- Typology
- Tonal.
- Language Use
- Used by all. Also use French [fra], especially educated people. Also use Jula [dyu].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 10% in Jula [dyu]. Syabéré in Bobo Dioulasso region is the prestige dialect, and is used for literature. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 2004.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Bobo Madaré, Southern
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- The government calls them Bobo Madaré. ‘Bobo’ is the general Bambara word for Bobo Fing, Buamu, or Bomu. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Boucle du Mouhoun region: Banwa province; Est region; Hauts-Bassins region: Houet province, Bobo Dioulasso area; Kenedougou and Tuy provinces.
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