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Bomu language

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Not to be confused with Bo language or Boo language.
This article is about the West African language. For the variety of Dogon sometimes known as "Bobo Tegu", see Escarpment Dogon.
Bo
Western Bobo Wule
Bomu
RegionBurkina Faso, Mali
EthnicityBwa
Native speakers
(56,000 in Burkina (1991)
100,000 in Mali cited 1976 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bmq
Glottologbomu1247


PersonBo
PeopleBwa
LanguageBomu

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

  1. ^ Bo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)


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