Lobi language explained

Lobi
Nativename:Lobiri
Region:Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast; immigrants in Ghana
Ethnicity:Lobi
Date:1991–1993
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Volta-Congo
Fam4:Savannas
Fam5:Gur
Fam6:Southern Gur
Fam7:Lobi–Dyan
Dia1:Moru
Iso3:lob
Glotto:lobi1245
Glottorefname:Lobi
Map:Languages of Burkina Faso.png
Mapcaption:Majority areas of northern Lobi dialects, in light yellow, on a map of Burkina Faso.

Lobi (also Miwa and Lobiri) is a Gur language of Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Ghana.

Phonology

Consonants[1] !!Labial!Alveolar!Palatal!Velar!Labiovelar!Glottal
Plosivepronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Aspiratedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Glottalizedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Vowels!!Front!Central!Back
Highpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Near-highpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Mid-highpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Mid-lowpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Lowpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/

Additionally, Lobi distinguishes between high tone and low tone. Falling and rising tones can be found on long vowels.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Maïmouna Le Men, Fané . Parlons Lobiri . 2007 . L'Harmattan . Paris . fr.