| Lobi | |
|---|---|
| Lobiri | |
| Region | Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast; immigrants in Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Lobi |
Native speakers | (440,000 cited 1991–1993) [1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lob |
| Glottolog | lobi1245 |
 Majority areas of northern Lobi dialects, in light yellow, on a map of Burkina Faso. | |
Lobi (also Miwa and Lobiri) is a Gur language of Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Ghana.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p b | t d | c ɟ | k g | kp gb | ʔ |
| Aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | |||
| Fricative | f v | s | h | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋm | ||
| Approximant | r , l | j | w | |||
| Glottalized | ˀb | ˀl | ˀj | ˀw |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i iː ĩ ĩː | u uː ũ ũː | |
| Near-high | ɪ ɪː ɪ̃ ɪ̃ː | ʊ ʊː ʊ̃ ʊ̃ː | |
| Mid-high | e eː ẽ ẽː | o oː õ õː | |
| Mid-low | ɛ ɛː ɛ̃ ɛ̃ː | ɔ ɔː ɔ̃ ɔ̃ː | |
| Low | a aː ã ãː |
Additionally, Lobi distinguishes between high tone and low tone. Falling and rising tones can be found on long vowels. [2]
The Gur languages, also known as Central Gur or Mabia, belong to the Niger–Congo languages. They are spoken in the Sahelian and savanna regions of West Africa, namely: in most areas of Burkina Faso, and in south-central Mali, northeastern Ivory Coast, the northern halves of Ghana and Togo, northwestern Benin, and southwestern Niger. A few Gur languages are spoken in Nigeria. Additionally, a single Gur language, Baatonum, is spoken in Benin and in the extreme northwest of Nigeria. Three other single Gur languages, the Tusya, Vyemo and Tiefo languages, are spoken in Burkina Faso. Another unclassified Gur language, Miyobe, is spoken in Benin and Togo. In addition, Kulango, Loma and Lorhon, are spoken in Ghana, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. Additionally, a few Mossi speakers are in Senegal, and speakers of the Dagaare language are also found in Cameroon. The Samu languages of Burkina Faso are Gur languages.
The Lobi belong to an ethnic group that originated in what is today Ghana. Starting around 1770, many Lobi peoples migrated into southern Burkina Faso and later into Côte d'Ivoire. The group consists of a little over a 1,000,000 people. They make up about 2.4 percent of the Burkina Faso population. The exact percentage of Lobis in Ghana and Ivory Coast is hard to quantify since they are often counted as part of larger groups like the Mole-Dagon of Ghana. Estimates however point to around 250,000 Lobis in both of these countries. [The Lobi people speak two main languages, which are the Miiwo and Birifor. Miiwo is widely spoken in Burkina Faso and Cote d'Ivoire while a majority of Lobis in Ghana speak Birifor. Oftentimes, people use the language Birifor interchangeably with Lobi, especially in Ghana.
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