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Bozo (sometimes Boso, 'house of straw') is spoken by the Bozo, the principal fishing people of the Inner Niger Delta in Mali.
According to the 2000 census, the Bozo people number about 132,100. The Bozo dialect cluster is often considered to be one
language, but there is quite a bit of diversity. Ethnologue recognizes four languages on the basis of requirements for literacy
materials. Bozo is part of the northwestern branch of the Mande languages; the closest linguistic relative is Soninke, a major
language spoken in the northwestern section of southern Mali, in eastern Senegal, and in southern Mauritania. The Bozo often
speak one or more regional languages such as Bamana, Maasina Fulfulde, or Western Songhay. The language is tonal, with three
lexical tones. The Bozo cluster breaks down into the following varieties: Hainyaxo (Hainyaho, Kɛlɛngaxo) (a few thousand speakers)
Tiɛma Cɛwɛ (Tièma cièwe) (2,500 speakers in 1991) Tiéyaxo (Tigemaxo) (a few thousand speakers) Sorogaama (Jenaama, Sorko)
(200,000 speakers in 2005) Hainyaho, spoken by the Hain (sg. Xan), is the most western dialect, spoken in two spots along
the Niger. It is most closely related to Tigemaxo, its eastern neighbour which is spoken around Diafarabé. The central and
most widely spoken Bozo language is Sorogama, which actually consists of four dialects, Pondori, Kotya, Korondugu and Debo.
Tièma Cièwè is the northeastern most of the Bozo cluster, spoken in the vicinity of Lake Debo. |
Names (more)[en] Bozo, Tiemacèwè |
Language type : Living
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ISO 639 CodesISO 639-3 : booLinked Data URIshttp://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/boohttp://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:boo More URIs at sameas.org SourcesAuthority documentation for ISO 639 identifier: booFreebase ISO 639-3 : boo GeoNames.org Country Information Publications Office of the European Union Metadata Registry : Countries and Languages |