Buamu language

Person	Bwa
People	Bwaba
Language	Bwamu

Bwa
Bwa
Eastern Bobo Wule
Buamu
Region	Burkina Faso
Ethnicity	Bwa
Native speakers	270,000 (2009)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Gur Northern Gur Bwa Bwa; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Ouarkoye Bwamu;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	box
Glottolog	buam1238

Last updated January 02, 2026

The principal Bwa language,^[2] Eastern Bobo Wule (Buamu, Bwamu), is a Gur language of Burkina Faso. It is one of several closely related languages with the name.

References

↑ Bwa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
↑ "buamu Language | A UBS Bible Society Site". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25. Retrieved 2020-10-04.

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[e25-1] Bwa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] "buamu Language | A UBS Bible Society Site". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25. Retrieved 2020-10-04.

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Bwa
Eastern Bobo Wule
Buamu
Region	Burkina Faso
Ethnicity	Bwa
Native speakers	270,000 (2009)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Gur Northern Gur Bwa Bwa
Dialects	Ouarkoye Bwamu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`box`
Glottolog	`buam1238`