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Bobo Madaré, Southern

A language of Burkina Faso

ISO 639-3: bwq

Population	312,000 (2000). 15,000 speakers of Zara. Ethnic population: 160,000 to 190,000 (1999 SIL).
Region	Mainly Houet Province, west of Bobo Dioulasso to 40 km east, north to Kouka region in Kossi Province.
Language map	Burkina Faso, reference number 53
Alternate names	Black Bobo, Bobo, Bobo Fi, Bobo Fing
Dialects	Benge, Sogokiré, Voré, Syabéré (Sya), Zara (Bobo Dioula, Bobo Jula).
Classification	Niger-Congo, Mande, Western, Northwestern, Soninke-Bobo, Bobo
Language use	All ages. Syabéré in Bobo Dioulasso region is the prestige dialect, and is used for literature. Some Jula [dyu] is also used by most men and some women; French is used by the educated.
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 10% Jula. Bible: 2004.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	The government calls them ‘Bobo Madaré’. ‘Bobo’ is the general Bambara word for Bobo Fing, Buamu, or Bomu. Tonal. Peasant agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

DAVISON, Phil, author. 1992. Compte rendu d'une enquête au pays bobo-fing.

TIENDRÉBÉOGO, Beatrice, author. 2001. "Rapport sociolinguistique sur la langue Bobo Jula (Zara)."  

TIENDRÉBÉOGO, Beatrice, author. 2007. "Rapport Sociolinguistique sur la Langue Bobo Madaré."