Buamu

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A language of Burkina Faso

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Alternate Names
Bwamu, Eastern Bobo Oule, Eastern Bobo Wule, Red Bobo
Population

186,000 (2000).

Location

Kossi, Mouhoun, Tuy, Banwa, and Balé provinces; area 80 km east-west and 200 km north-south.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Northern, Bwamu
Dialects

Ouarkoye.

Typology

SVO, postpositions, relatives before noun heads, numerals, adjectives after noun heads; tonal

Language Use

All domains. All ages. Also use Jula [dyu] or French [fra].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 2%. Active literacy program. Radio programs. NT: 2012.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Buamu
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

Ethnic autonym: Bwa (sg.), Bwaba (pl.) in Dedougou dialect. Ethnonym: Bobo, Bambara name for Buamu, Bomo, or Bobo Fing, but properly applies only to Bobo Fing. Pwe is a town, not a dialect (1973 CMA). Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.