Bobo Madaré, Southern

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A language of Burkina Faso

ISO 639-3
bwq
Alternate Names
Black Bobo, Bobo, Bobo Fi, Bobo Fing
Autonym
Boboda
User 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.

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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.