Bwa languages explained

Bwa
Also Known As:Bwamu
Bobo Wule
Region:Burkina Faso, Mali
Ethnicity:Bwa
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Gur
Fam4:Northern Gur
Glotto:bwam1247
Glottorefname:Bwamu
Child1:Bwamu (Ouarkoye)
Child2:Láá Láá Bwamu
Child3:Cwi Bwamu (Bwamu Twi)
Child4:Bomu

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 in Bambara. The Bwa are distinguished as the Bobo Wule/Oule "Red Bobo". The Bwa 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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