Bwamu, Láá Láá

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A language of Burkina Faso

Alternate Names

Buamu Laa, Buamu-laa, Bwamu Laa, Kàdenbà, Yere

User Population

69,200 (2000).

Boucle du Mouhoun region: Bagassi, Bale province, Boni, and Pâ villages area; Hauts-Bassins region.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Northern, Bwamu

Reportedly similar to Ouarkoye dialect of Buamu [box] and Bwamu Twi [bwy].

Tonal.

Home. Used by all. Also use French [fra]. Also use Jula [dyu].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 1%–2% are fluent readers of Ouarkoye Buamu. Literacy rate in L2: 1%–2% are fluent readers of French [fra] or Jula [dyu]. Literacy program. Grammar. Bible portions: 1977–2012.

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OLAC resources in and about Bwamu, Láá Láá

Latin script [Latn].

Traditional religion, Christian.