Burkinabe
Burkinabe , often also written Burkinabé or Burkinabè , is a synonym for Burkiner , the official name in Germany for the people of the West African state of Burkina Faso .
It is composed of the first part of the state name Burkina , which in Moré (the language of the largest population group, the Mossi ) means "incorruptible, integral, sincere". The plural suffix -bè is taken from the third main language of the country, Fulfulde (the language of the Fulbe , Fulani) and means something like "son". A burkinabè is therefore "a son of the fatherland "; a sincere person. The designation remains the same in the feminine, masculine, singular and plural and is also used as an attribute.
In German usage, the noun Burkinabe can be used synonymously for the terms Burkiner and Burkinerin . In official language in Germany , the terms Burkiner , Burkinerin and Burkinabe are prescribed in diplomatic correspondence. From a political point of view, this language regulation is criticized because, in the opinion of the critics, the political statement that is expressed in the national language with the new state name from 1984 is lost.
The made-up words Burkina Faso and Burkonabé were introduced with the revolution by Thomas Sankara and are intended to symbolize the separation of the country from the French colonial power and their geographical state name Upper Volta as well as the unity of the multi-ethnic state, because the parts of the name Burkina , Faso ( fà "father", só "House, village") and -bè come from the three largest languages of the country ( Moré , Dioula , Fulfulde ).
In French and English , the linguistically correct terms burkinais and Burkinian were finally replaced in official correspondence with Burkinabé or the description People of Burkina Faso after political intervention from Burkina Faso . In these cases, the political side intervened in the idiomatic language system of English or French, but only in diplomatic language use. For the English, French and German general and colloquial language, the usual endings for ethnic groups still apply.