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b         d             k͡p ɡ ɡ͡b    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
  m           n           ɲ   ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                           
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
              ɾ                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
    f v     s z                             h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                          j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
      l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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:
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.