Puguli or Phuie (Pwĩẽ) is the language of the Phuo people. It is spoken in Burkina Faso.
| Puguli | |
|---|---|
| Phuie | |
| Native to | Burkina Faso |
| Region | West Africa |
Native speakers | 14,000 (2000)[1] |
| African reference alphabet (Latin) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pug |
| Glottolog | phui1238 |
Writing System
edit| 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 | Ⱳ | Y | Ƴ | Z | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lowercase | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ŋm | o | ɔ | p | ph | r | s | t | th | u | ʋ | v | w | ⱳ | y | ƴ | z | ||||||||||||||||||
Nasalization is indicated with a tilde: ã ẽ 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 ṍ ɔ̃́ ṹ ʋ̃́.
References
edit- ^ Puguli at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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