Bwamu, Láá Láá
A language of Burkina Faso
| Population | 69,200 (2000). |
| Region | Tuy and Les Balés provinces, Bagassi, Pâ, and Boni villages area. |
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Burkina Faso, reference number 28 |
| Alternate names | Kàdenbà, Yere |
| Dialects | Similar to Ouarkoye dialect of Buamu [box] and Bwamu Twi [bwy]. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Northern, Bwamu |
| Language use | Home. All ages. Also use Jula [dyu] or French. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 1%–2% are fluent readers of Ouarkoye Buamu. Literacy rate in L2: 1%–2% are fluent readers of French or Jula. Literacy program. Grammar. Bible portions: 1977–1995. |
| Comments | Tonal. Peasant agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim. |
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