The Bwa languages (Bwamu, Bomu) are a branch of the
Gur languages
The Gur languages, also known as Central Gur or Mabia, belong to the Niger–Congo languages. They are spoken in the Sahelian and savanna regions of West Africa, namely: in most areas of Burkina Faso, and in south-central Mali, northeastern Iv ...
spoken by over half a million
Bwa people
The Bwa is an African society that is native to Burkina Faso. This society has an approximate population of over 300,000 persons. The Bwa people live in a number of individualized communities. They have no central government, and rely on their c ...
of
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...
and
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...
.
The Bwa people, and their languages, are one of several called
Bobo
Bobo may refer to:
Animals and plants
* Bobo (gorilla) a popular gorilla at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle from 1953 to 1968
* Bobo, Vietnamese name for Job's tears, a plant of south-east Asia
Entertainment, arts and media
* ''Bobo'' (mag ...
in
Bambara. The Bwa are distinguished as the ''Bobo Wule/Oule'' "Red Bobo". The Bwa languages are not
mutually intelligible; ''Ethnologue'' calculates that the intelligibility of the Ouarkoye and Cwi is 30%, though other varieties are closer.
Languages
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Bwamu (Ouarkoye)
*
Láá Láá Bwamu
*
Cwi Bwamu (Bwamu Twi)
*
Bomu
References
Gur languages
Languages of Burkina Faso
Languages of Mali
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