Language/Baoule/Pronunciation/Alphabet

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.

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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]

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.