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.