Lobi language

Lobi
Lobiri
Region	Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast; immigrants in Ghana
Ethnicity	Lobi
Native speakers	(440,000 cited 1991–1993) [1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Savannas Gur Southern Gur Lobi–Dyan Lobi
Dialects	Moru
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.

Phonology

Consonants ^[2]

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labiovelar	Glottal
Plosive	p b	t d	c ɟ	k ɡ	kp ɡb	ʔ
Aspirated	pʰ	tʰ		kʰ
Fricative	f v	s				h
Nasal	m	n	ɲ		ŋm
Approximant		r , l	j		w
Glottalic	ˀb	ˀl	ˀj		ˀw

Vowels ^[2]

	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]

References

1. Lobi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Maïmouna Le Men, Fané (2007). Parlons Lobiri (in French). Paris: L'Harmattan.