Bozo

Mali, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast

Bozo people

230,000 (apart from Tieyaxo) in Mali (2003–2009)[1]

Mande
  • Western Mande
    • Northwestern
      • Soninke–Bobo
        • Soninke–Bozo
          • Bozo

Variously:
bzx – Hainyaxo
boo – Tiemacèwè
boz – Tiéyaxo
bze – Jenaama

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Nigeria[edit]

In Nigeria, the Jenaama/Sorogama dialect of the Bozo language is usually referred to as Sorko. It is spoken in the Nigerian states of Niger, Kebbi, and Kwara (Lake Kainji).

Daget, Jacques & Konipo, M. & Sanakoua, M. (1953) 'La langue bozo' (Études soudaniennes, 1). Koulouba: Institut français d'Afrique noire, Gouvernement du Soudan, Centre .

IFAN

Blecke, Thomas (1998) Lexikalische Strukturen und grammatische Kategorien im Tigemaxo (Bozo, Mande). Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.  3-89645-070-0

ISBN

République du Mali, Direction nationale de l’alphabétisation fonctionnelle et de la linguistique appliquée (1993). Alphabets et règles d'orthographe des langues nationales. Bamako: DNAFLA.

(SIL)

Ethnolinguistic map of the Bozo languages

La langue Bozo

Archived 2012-06-05 at the Wayback Machine from SIL Mali Archived 2014-11-17 at the Wayback Machine.

Resources in Bozo-Tieyaxo

Archived 2012-06-05 at the Wayback Machine from SIL Mali Archived 2014-11-17 at the Wayback Machine.

Resources in Bozo-Jenaama