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294901957
APP
2001-06-12
INP
2001-06-12
STA
Approved
UPD
2012-03-23
DUT
Bobo
GEB
The Bobo should not be confused with the Bwa! The Bobo-Fing speak a Mande language while the Bobo-Oule (Bwa) speak a Gur language.
IND
6
MIS
LCSH: Bobo; AE: Bobo; E: Bobo Madaré, Northern Bobo Madaré is spoken at home and with other Bobo Madaré, Jula used for trade, government, and to other ethnic groups. Bobo Fing call themselves 'Bobo' and their language 'Boboda'. The government calls them 'Bobo Madaré'. 'Bobo' is the general Bambara word for Bobo Madaré, Bwamu or Bomu, but properly applies only to the Bobo Fing (ethno).
PPN
294901957
UDC
301.185.12Bobo
MRF
316.356.4Bobo
BT1
Burkinabe peoples
Malian peoples
UF
Bobo Fign
Bobo Fing
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