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

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

Writing System

Alphabet puguli
Uppercase ABƁCCh DƊEƐF GGbHIƖ JKKhKpL
Lowercase abɓcch dɗeɛf ggbhiɩ jkkhkpl
Uppercase MNƝŊŊm OƆPPhR STThUƲ VWYƳ Z
Lowercase mnɲŋŋm oɔpphr stthuʋ vwyƴ 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

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


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