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== Orthography ==
== Orthography ==
Baoulé uses the following letters:
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Uppercase
|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
|I
|J
|L
|K
|M
|N
|NY
|O
|Ɔ
|P
|S
|T
|U
|V
|W
|Y
|Z
|-
|-
!Lowercase
|[a]
|a
|[b]
|b
|[c]
|c
|[d]
|d
|[e]
|e
|[ɛ]
|ɛ
|[f]
|f
|[g]
|g
|gb
|i
|j
|l
|k
|m
|n
|ny
|o
|ɔ
|p
|s
|t
|u
|v
|w
|y
|z
|-
|-
!Phoneme
|GB gb
|/a/
|I i
|/b/
|J j
|/c/
|K k
|/d/
|KP kp
|/e/
|L l
|/ɛ/
|M m
|/f/
|N  n
|/g/
|-
|/gb/
|[g͡b]
|/i/
|[i]
|/ɟ/
|[ɟ]
|/l/
|[k]
|/k/
|[k͡p]
|/m/
|[l]
|/n/
|[m]
|/ɲ/
|[n]
|/o/
|-
|/ɔ/
|NY ny
|/p/
|O o
|/s/
|Ɔ ɔ
|/t/
|P p
|/u/
|R r
|/v/
|S s
|/w/
|T t
|/j/
|U  u
|/z/
|-
|[ɲ]
|[o]
|[ɔ]
|[p]
|[r]
|[s]
|[t]
|[u]
|-
|V v
|W w
|Y y
|Z z
|
|
|
|
|-
|[v]
|[w]
|[j]
|[z]
|
|
|
|
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| colspan="3" |Nasal vowels
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|an
|ɛn
|in
|ɔn
|un
|
|
|
|-
|[ã]
|[ɛ̃]
|[ĩ]
|[ɔ̃]
|[ũ]
|
|
|
|}
|}

Revision as of 12:15, 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

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