Bwa languages

Bwa languages
Not to be confused with Bwa language, Bwa languages (Bantu), or Kho-Bwa languages.
Bwa
Bwamu, Bobo Wule
Spoken in Burkina Faso, Mali
Ethnicity Bwa
Native speakers unknown (340,000 in Burkina (1991–2000)
100,000 in Mali cited 1976 census)
Language family
Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Gur
      • Northern Gur
        • Bwa
Language codes
ISO 639-3 variously:
box – Bwamu (Ouarkoye Bwamu)
bwj – Láá Láá Bwamu
bwy – Cwi Bwamu (Bwamu Twi)
bmq – Bomu (Boomu)
 person  Bwa
 people  Bwaba
 language  Bwamu

The Bwa languages (Bwamu, Bomu) are a branch of the Gur languages spoken by over half a million Bwa people of Burkina Faso and Mali.

The Bwa people, and their languages, are one of several called Bobo (Bobo Wule/Oule = Red Bobo) in Bambara. The languages are not mutually intelligible; Ethnologue calculates that the intelligibility of the Ouarkoye and Cwi is 30%, though other varieties are closer.



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