Moba language

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Moba
Native toTogo, Ghana, Burkina Faso
EthnicityBimoba
Native speakers
440,000 (2004–2012)[1]
Latin (Moba alphabet)
Moba Braille
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
mfq – Moba (Togo)
bim – Bimoba (Ghana)
Glottologmoba1243

Moba is a major language of the Moba people of Togo and Ghana. However, in Ghana only 60% of ethnic Moba Gurma speak the language. There are also about 2,000 speakers in Burkina Faso.

Writing system

Moba alphabet (Peace Corps Togo)[2]
a ã b c d e ɛ ɛ̃ f g h i ĩ ɩ ɩ̃ j
k l m n ŋ o õ ɔ ɔ̃ p s t r u v w y
Moba alphabet (SIL)[3]
a b c d e ɛ f g gb h i j k kp l
m n ny ŋ ŋm o ɔ p r s t u w y

See also

References

  1. ^ Moba (Togo) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Bimoba (Ghana) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Peace Corps Togo 2010.
  3. ^ Moba dictionary, webonary.org

Moba dictionary : https://www.webonary.org/moba