Bomu
| Bomu (bomu) | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Spoken in |
Mali , Burkina Faso | |
| speaker | 158,000 people as mother tongue | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo
|
|
| Official status | ||
| Other official status in |
 Mali ( national language )
|
|
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
bmq |
|
The language Bomu (ISO 639-3: bmq; also called bobo, bobo wule, boomu, bore, western bobo oule, western bwamu and western crveni bobo ) is one of 4 Bwa languages from the language group of the Gur languages , out of a total of 158,000 People from the ethnic groups of the Bwa (sing. Bonuu) and Bobo in Mali and Burkina Faso is spoken. In Mali, Bomu has had the status of a national language since July 19, 1982, along with 9 other languages.
In Burkina Faso, the language is spoken by 56,000 (1991) people in the province of Kossi ; in Mali, the language is spoken by 102,000 people along the Bani River .
The language has three dialects and several sub-dialects: dwemu, dahanmu and mao. The subdialects of Dwemu are: terekongo (terekoungo), wahu (between the rivers Téné and Bani) and togo. The subdialects of Dahanmu are koniko, mandiakuy and bomborokuy.
literature
- République du Mali, Direction Nationale de l'Alphabétisation Fonctionnelle et de la Linguistique Appliquée, 1993, Alphabets et règles d'orthographe des langues nationales , Bamako, DNAFLA.