Buamu

A language of Burkina Faso

Bobo, Bomo, Bouamou, Bwaba, Bwamu, Eastern Bobo Oule, Eastern Bobo Wule, Red Bobo

Buamu

268,000 (2009 UNSD).

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.