Baoulé
Baoulé is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Côte d’Ivoire, by about 2.1 million people.
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Baoulé (native name: Wawle), also known as Baule or Bawule, is an Akan 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. It is a Kwa language of the Akan branch, forming a dialect continuum with Anyin and closely related to Nzema and Sehwi. It is the common language of the Baoulé people, the largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
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Written down
Sran mun be ngba, kɛ be wu be ɔ, be ngba be sɛ, fɔndi nun, sran-mmala nun. Be si akundanbu, be si su ɔ fata kɛ sran mun be tran'n, be tran aniaan nun tranlɛ.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Baoulé
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | sra* | |
| name | duma* | |
| eye | 5ima* | |
| ear | su* | |
| nose | bwe* | |
| tooth | je* | |
| tongue | taflima* | |
| hand | sa* | |
| blood | mmoya* | |
| bone | oyye* | |
| skin | nnE* | |
| knee | nangluma* | |
| breast | 5oflE* | |
| liver | bwe* | |
| water | nzue | |
| fire | si* | |
| sun | yya* | |
| star | nzrama* | |
| stone | kpangba* | |
| tree | waka* | |
| leaf | 55a* | |
| night | kongwE* | |
| dog | alwa* | |
| fish | jye* | |
| louse | jre* | |
| one | ku* | |
| two | 55o* | |
| drink | no* | |
| see | wu* | |
| hear | ti* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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