Baoulé language
| Baoulé | |
|---|---|
| Region | Ivory Coast |
| Ethnicity | Baoulé people |
Native speakers | (2.1 million cited 1993)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bci |
| Glottolog | baou1238 |
Baoulé, also called Baule or Bawule, is a Central Tano language spoken in Ivory Coast.
The Baoulé are an Akan people living in the central region of Ivory Coast. Baoulé-speaking areas include Bouaké, Yamoussoukro, Bouaflé, Béoumi, Sakassou, Toumodi, Dimbokro, M'Bahiakro, and Tiassalé.
As an example of the language, the phrase "Nyanmien Kpli lafiman" means "God the Greatest never sleeps."
Translations of the Bible
In 1946, portions of the Bible translated into Baoulé were first published; the full New Testament followed in 1953.[2] The complete Bible was published first in 1998, by the Bible Society in Abidjan.
On August 10, 2018, the New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures was released in Baoule. The New World Translation is published by the Jehovah's Witnesses, and has been translated in whole or in part into more than 160 languages.
Sounds
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Labial- velar |
Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | c | k | ||
| voiced | b | d | ɟ | ɡ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ||||
| voiced | v | z | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||||
| Affricate | voiceless | kp | |||||
| voiced | gb | ||||||
| Lateral | l | ||||||
| Trill | r | ||||||
| Approximant | j | w | |||||
Vowels/Nasals
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i ĩ | u ũ |
| Close-mid | e | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ̃ | ɔ ɔ̃ |
| Open | a ã |
See also
References
- ^ Baoulé at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Baoulé at World Scriptures
- ^ "Système alphabétique de la langue baoulé". Retrieved 2017-01-29.
- ^ Kla ufue i nun ndɛ cinnjin mun. 1988.
External links
- Baoulé entry at the World Atlas of Language Structures
- PanAfriL10n page on Anyi & Baule
- Baoulé Phonology (French)
- Baule kasahorow
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