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== Orthography ==
== Orthography ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|Letter
|Pronunication
|-
|A a
|A a
|[a]
|-
|B b
|B b
|[b]
|-
|C c
|C c
|[c]
|-
|D d
|D d
|[d]
|-
|E e
|E e
|[e]
|-
|Ɛ ɛ
|Ɛ ɛ
|[ɛ]
|-
|F f
|F f
|G  g
|[f]
|-
|-
|[a]
|G  g
|[b]
|[c]
|[d]
|[e]
|[ɛ]
|[f]
|[g]
|[g]
|-
|-
|GB gb
|GB gb
|[g͡b]
|-
|I i
|I i
|[i]
|-
|J j
|J j
|[ɟ]
|-
|K k
|K k
|[k]
|-
|KP kp
|KP kp
|[k͡p]
|-
|L l
|L l
|[l]
|-
|M m
|M m
|N  n
|[m]
|-
|-
|[g͡b]
|N  n
|[i]
|[ɟ]
|[k]
|[k͡p]
|[l]
|[m]
|[n]
|[n]
|-
|-
|NY ny
|NY ny
|[ɲ]
|-
|O o
|O o
|[o]
|-
|Ɔ ɔ
|Ɔ ɔ
|[ɔ]
|-
|P p
|P p
|[p]
|-
|R r
|R r
|[r]
|-
|S s
|S s
|[s]
|-
|T t
|T t
|U  u
|[t]
|-
|-
|[ɲ]
|U  u
|[o]
|[ɔ]
|[p]
|[r]
|[s]
|[t]
|[u]
|[u]
|-
|-
|V v
|V v
|[v]
|-
|W w
|W w
|[w]
|-
|Y y
|Y y
|[j]
|-
|Z z
|Z z
|
|
|
|
|-
|[v]
|[w]
|[j]
|[z]
|[z]
|
|
|
|
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}
|}
===Nasal vowels===
===Nasal vowels===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|Letter
|Pronunciation
|-
|an
|an
|[ã]
|-
|ɛn
|ɛn
|[ɛ̃]
|-
|in
|in
|[ĩ]
|-
|ɔn
|ɔn
|[ɔ̃]
|-
|un
|un
|
|
|
|-
|[ã]
|[ɛ̃]
|[ĩ]
|[ɔ̃]
|[ũ]
|[ũ]
|
|
|
|}
|}

Revision as of 12:19, 8 January 2023

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.

Phonology

Vowels

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

Consonants

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

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

Orthography

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

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