Baule
Language Information
Baule is one of the Kwa group of Niger-Congo languages. Spoken by about one and half million people of the Ivory coast. It is one of the two most important regional languages of the country.The other being Dyula - a variety of Mandekan.
Baule has twelve vowels, including five nasal vowels.All syllables end with a vowel.It has two modified tones but modified in context, making a fairly complex sound pattern.Baule has heavily borrowed from French.
Baule is spoken/used in the following countries:
- Language Family
- Niger-Congo
- Subgroup
- Western Sudanic
- Branch
- Kwa
Baule Language Sample
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
Baoulé
Sran mun be ngba, kɛ be wu be ɔ, be ngba be sɛ, fɔndi nun, sran-mmala nun. Be si akundanbu, be si su ɔ fata kɛ sran mun be tran'n, be tran aniaan nun tranlɛ.English translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights