Bomu
Bomu is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Mali and Burkina Faso.
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The Bo language of West Africa, Bomu (Boomu), also identified as Western Bobo Wule, is a Gur language of Burkina Faso and Mali.
Bomu is spoken by two groups of Bwa people, the Red Bobo, Bobo Wule (also spelled Bobo Oule), and the White Bobo, Bobo Gbe, also known as Kyan (also spelled Kian, Tian, Tyan, Can, Chan) or Tyanse.
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Words in Bomu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | naso* | |
| name | yenu* | |
| eye | yire* | |
| ear | 5unvanlo* | |
| nose | mu7En* | |
| tooth | 5inburu* | |
| tongue | dErEmi* | |
| hand | nu* | |
| blood | Tannu* | |
| bone | huin* | |
| skin | sunnu* | |
| knee | na7o5un* | |
| breast | insin* | |
| liver | suabiru* | |
| water | 5un* | |
| fire | dan* | |
| sun | woli* | |
| star | manawe* | |
| stone | bibio* | |
| mountain | dedebue* | |
| tree | buaTua* | |
| leaf | vanlo* | |
| night | tina* | |
| dog | bonu* | |
| fish | nidi* | |
| louse | 5ami* | |
| one | de* | |
| two | 5un* | |
| I | mE* | |
| you | o* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- BuamuAtlantic-Congo50% alike
- Malba BiriforAtlantic-Congo12% alike
- Chang NagaSino-Tibetan11% alike
- Gelao MulaoTai-Kadai11% alike
- BeromAtlantic-Congo11% alike
- Sissala of Burkina FasoAtlantic-Congo11% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · bomu1247 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · bmq