Puguli language

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Puguli or Phuie (Pwĩẽ) is the language of the Phuo people. It is spoken in Burkina Faso.

Puguli
Phuie
Native toBurkina Faso
RegionWest Africa
Native speakers
14,000 (2000)[1]
African reference alphabet (Latin)
Language codes
ISO 639-3pug
Glottologphui1238

Writing System edit

Alphabet puguli
Uppercase A B Ɓ C Ch D Ɗ E Ɛ F G Gb H I Ɩ J K Kh Kp L
Lowercase a b ɓ c ch d ɗ e ɛ f g gb h i ɩ j k kh kp l
Uppercase M N Ɲ Ŋ Ŋm O Ɔ P Ph R S T Th U Ʋ V W Y Ƴ Z
Lowercase m n ɲ ŋ ŋm o ɔ p ph r s t th u ʋ v w y ƴ z

Nasalization is indicated with a tilde: ã ɛ̃ ĩ ɩ̃ õ ɔ̃ ũ ʋ̃. The tilde is not indicated in the presence of a nasal consonant or when the first nasalized vowel is indicated.

The high tone, the most frequent, is not indicated. The low tone is indicated with the grave accent: à è ɛ̀ ì ɩ̀ ò ɔ̀ ù ʋ̀ ã̀ ẽ̀ ɛ̃̀ ĩ̀ ɩ̃̀ ɔ̃̀ õ̀ ɔ̃̀ ũ̀ ʋ̃̀ and the low high tone is indicated with an acute accent: á é ɛ́ í ɩ́ ó ɔ́ ú ʋ́ ã́ ẽ́ ɛ̃́ ĩ́ ɩ̃́ ɔ̃́ ṹ ʋ̃́.

References edit

  1. ^ Puguli at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)