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 pʰ b         tʰ d             kʰ k͡p ɡ ɡ͡b    
 
 
 
 
  
 
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   m           n           ɲ   ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
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     f v     s z                             h  
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Selected languages: Bobo-fing
UPSID number: 4138
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian, Mande
The languages has 33 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [k͡p] [ɡ͡b] [pʰ] [b] [tʰ] [d] [kʰ] [ɡ] [s] [z] [f] [v] [ɾ] [l] [w] [j] [m] [n] [ɲ] [ŋ] [ĩ] [ũ] [ɛ̃] [ɔ̃] [ä̃] [i] [u] [e] [o] [ɛ] [ɔ] [ä] [h]
Comments:

Bobo is spoken in western Burkina-Faso (formerly
Upper Volta). The language has 3 level tones, which
combine into four contours (HL, ML, LH, LM).
Sources:

le Bris, P. and Prost, A. 1981. Dictionnaire Bobo-Fing
(precedee d'une introduction grammaticale et suivi d'un
lexique francais). SELAF, Paris.

Morse, M.L.A. 1976. A Sketch of the Phonology and
Morphology of Bobo (Upper Volta). PhD thesis, Columbia
University, New York.