Puguli language explained

Puguli
Nativename:Phuie
States:Burkina Faso
Region:West Africa
Date:2000
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Gur
Fam4:Southern
Fam5:Gurunsi
Fam6:Western
Iso3:pug
Glotto:phui1238
Glottorefname:Phuie
Script:African reference alphabet (Latin)

Puguli or Phuie (Pwĩẽ) is the language of the Phuo people. It is spoken in Burkina Faso.

Writing System

Alphabet puguli
UppercaseABCChDEFGHIƖJKL
Lowercase a b ɓ c chd ɗ e ɛ fg gb h i ɩj k kh kp l
UppercaseMNŊmOPRSTUƲVWYƳZ
Lowercase m n ɲ ŋ ŋmo ɔ p ph rs t th u ʋv w y ƴz

Nasalization is indicated with a tilde: ã ɛ̃ ĩ ɩ̃ õ ɔ̃ ũ ʋ̃. The tilde is not indicated in the presence of a nasal consonant or when the first nasalized vowel is indicated.

The high tone, the most frequent, is not indicated. The low tone is indicated with the grave accent: à è ɛ̀ ì ɩ̀ ò ɔ̀ ù ʋ̀ ã̀ ẽ̀ ɛ̃̀ ĩ̀ ɩ̃̀ ɔ̃̀ õ̀ ɔ̃̀ ũ̀ ʋ̃̀ and the low high tone is indicated with an acute accent: á é ɛ́ í ɩ́ ó ɔ́ ú ʋ́ ã́ ẽ́ ɛ̃́ ĩ́ ɩ̃́ ɔ̃́ ṹ ʋ̃́.