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The Bo language of West Africa, ''Bomu (Boomu)'', also identified as Western Bobo Wule, is a
Gur language 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 ...
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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 t ...
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. Ma ...
. Bomu is spoken by two groups of Bwa people, the Red Bobo, ''Bobo Wule'' (also spelled ''Bobo Oule''), and the White Bobo, ''Bobo Gbe'', also known as ''Kyan'' (also spelled ''Kian, Tian, Tyan, Can, Chan'') or ''Tyanse''.


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Bwa languages (Gur) Languages of Burkina Faso Languages of Mali {{gur-lang-stub