Language in Ivory Coast
Baoulé (native name: wawle Baule or Bawule ,[citation needed is a language spoken in central and southern Ivory Coast , including in the regions of Lacs , Lagunes , Gôh-Djiboua , Sassandra-Marahoué , Vallée du Bandama , Woroba , and Yamoussoukro , by approximately 5.3 million people.[ 1] Kwa language of the Central Tano branch, forming a dialect continuum with Anyin and closely related to Nzema and Sehwi .[ 2] Baoulé people , the largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.[ 3]
Translations of the Bible
In 1946, portions of the Bible translated into Baoulé were first published; the full New Testament followed in 1953.[citation needed The complete Bible was published first in 1998, by the Bible Society in Abidjan .
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
Of these vowels, five may be nasalized: /ĩ/, /ɛ̃/, /ã/, /ũ/, and /ɔ̃/.[ 4] [ 5]
Tones
Baoulé has five tones: high, low, mid, rising, and falling.[ 6]
Orthography
Baoulé uses the following letters to indicate the following phonemes:[ 4]
Uppercase
A
B
C
D
E
Ɛ
F
G
GB
I
J
L
K
KP
M
N
NY
O
Ɔ
P
S
T
U
V
W
Y
Z
Lowercase
a
b
c
d
e
ɛ
f
g
gb
i
j
l
k
kp
m
n
ny
o
ɔ
p
s
t
u
v
w
y
z
Phoneme
/a/
/b/
/c/
/d/
/e/
/ɛ/
/f/
/g/
/gb/
/i/
/ɟ/
/l/
/k/
/kp/
/m/
/n/
/ɲ/
/o/
/ɔ/
/p/
/s/
/t/
/u/
/v/
/w/
/j/
/z/
See also
References
Further reading
External links
Official language Indigenous
