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.
Plosive | 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/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
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Aspirated | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
Fricative | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
Approximant | pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
Glottalized | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
High | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
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Near-high | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
Mid-high | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
Mid-low | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
Low | pronounced 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.