Lobi (also Miwa and Lobiri) is a Gur language of Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Ghana.
Lobi | |
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Lobiri | |
Region | Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast; immigrants in Ghana |
Ethnicity | Lobi |
Native speakers | (440,000 cited 1991–1993) |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | lob |
Glottolog | lobi1245 |
Majority areas of northern Lobi dialects, in light yellow, on a map of Burkina Faso. |
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | Glottal | |
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Plosive | p b | t d | c ɟ | k g | kp gb | ʔ |
Aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | |||
Fricative | f v | s | h | |||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋm | ||
Approximant | r, l | j | w | |||
Glottalized | ˀb | ˀl | ˀj | ˀw |
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i iː ĩ ĩː | u uː ũ ũː | |
Near-high | ɪ ɪː ɪ̃ ɪ̃ː | ʊ ʊː ʊ̃ ʊ̃ː | |
Mid-high | e eː ẽ ẽː | o oː õ õː | |
Mid-low | ɛ ɛː ɛ̃ ɛ̃ː | ɔ ɔː ɔ̃ ɔ̃ː | |
Low | a aː ã ãː |
Additionally, Lobi distinguishes between high tone and low tone. Falling and rising tones can be found on long vowels.
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