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Baoulé is a language spoken in central and southern Ivory Coast by less than 5 million people.
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Baoulé is a language spoken in central and southern Ivory Coast by less than 5 million people. It is written with a version of the Latin alphabet.
 
<span link>Consider broadening your understanding by checking out these related lessons:[[Language/Baoule/Vocabulary/How-to-Say-Hello-and-Greetings|Say Hello and Greetings in Baoulé]].</span>
== Orthography ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Letter
!Pronunication
|-
|A a
|[a]
|-
|B b
|[b]
|-
|C c
|[c]
|-
|D d
|[d]
|-
|E e
|[e]
|-
|Ɛ ɛ
|[ɛ]
|-
|F f
|[f]
|-
|G  g
|[g]
|-
|GB gb
|[g͡b]
|-
|I i
|[i]
|-
|J j
|[ɟ]
|-
|K k
|[k]
|-
|KP kp
|[k͡p]
|-
|L l
|[l]
|-
|M m
|[m]
|-
|N  n
|[n]
|-
|NY ny
|[ɲ]
|-
|O o
|[o]
|-
|Ɔ ɔ
|[ɔ]
|-
|P p
|[p]
|-
|R r
|[r]
|-
|S s
|[s]
|-
|T t
|[t]
|-
|U  u
|[u]
|-
|V v
|[v]
|-
|W w
|[w]
|-
|Y y
|[j]
|-
|Z z
|[z]
|}
 
===Nasal vowels===
{| class="wikitable"
!Letter
!Pronunciation
|-
|an
|[ã]
|-
|ɛn
|[ɛ̃]
|-
|in
|[ĩ]
|-
|ɔn
|[ɔ̃]
|-
|un
|[ũ]
|}


It is written with a version of the Latin alphabet.
== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==


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Baoulé has five tones: high, low, mid, rising, and falling.
Baoulé has five tones: high, low, mid, rising, and falling.


== Orthography ==
==Other Lessons==
Baoulé uses the following letters:
<span links></span>
{| class="wikitable"
!Uppercase
|A
|B
|C
|D
|E
|Ɛ
|F
|G
|GB
|I
|J
|L
|K
|M
|N
|NY
|O
|Ɔ
|P
|S
|T
|U
|V
|W
|Y
|Z
|-
!Lowercase
|a
|b
|c
|d
|e
|ɛ
|f
|g
|gb
|i
|j
|l
|k
|m
|n
|ny
|o
|ɔ
|p
|s
|t
|u
|v
|w
|y
|z
|-
!Phoneme
|/a/
|/b/
|/c/
|/d/
|/e/
|/ɛ/
|/f/
|/g/
|/gb/
|/i/
|/ɟ/
|/l/
|/k/
|/m/
|/n/
|/ɲ/
|/o/
|/ɔ/
|/p/
|/s/
|/t/
|/u/
|/v/
|/w/
|/j/
|/z/
|}

Latest revision as of 20:02, 27 March 2023

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Baoulé is a language spoken in central and southern Ivory Coast by less than 5 million people. It is written with a version of the Latin alphabet.

Consider broadening your understanding by checking out these related lessons:Say Hello and Greetings in Baoulé.

Orthography[edit | edit source]

Letter Pronunication
A a [a]
B b [b]
C c [c]
D d [d]
E e [e]
Ɛ ɛ [ɛ]
F f [f]
G  g [g]
GB gb [g͡b]
I i [i]
J j [ɟ]
K k [k]
KP kp [k͡p]
L l [l]
M m [m]
N  n [n]
NY ny [ɲ]
O o [o]
Ɔ ɔ [ɔ]
P p [p]
R r [r]
S s [s]
T t [t]
U  u [u]
V v [v]
W w [w]
Y y [j]
Z z [z]

Nasal vowels[edit | edit source]

Letter Pronunciation
an [ã]
ɛn [ɛ̃]
in [ĩ]
ɔn [ɔ̃]
un [ũ]

Phonology[edit | edit source]

Vowels[edit | edit source]

Front Central Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Open a

Consonants[edit | edit source]

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labial-

velar

Plosive voiceless p t c k kp
voiced b d ɟ g gb
Fricative voiceless f s
voiced v z
Nasal m n ɲ
Lateral l
Trill r
Approximant j w

Tones[edit | edit source]

Baoulé has five tones: high, low, mid, rising, and falling.

Other Lessons[edit | edit source]

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