Puguli language

{{Short description|Language of Burkina Faso}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Puguli

|nativename=Phuie

|states=Burkina Faso

|region=West Africa

|speakers={{sigfig|14300|2}}

|date=2000

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Gur

|fam4=Southern

|fam5=Gurunsi

|fam6=Western

|iso3=pug

|glotto=phui1238

|glottorefname=Phuie

|script=African reference alphabet (Latin)

}}

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

Writing System

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|+ Alphabet puguli

scope="row" | Uppercase

| A|| B|| Ɓ || C|| Ch

| D|| Ɗ || E|| Ɛ || F

| G|| Gb || H|| I|| Ɩ

| J|| K|| Kh || Kp || L

scope="row" | Lowercase

| a || b || ɓ || c || ch

| d || ɗ || e || ɛ || f

| g || gb || h || i || ɩ

| j || k || kh || kp || l

colspan=40 |
scope="row" | Uppercase

| M|| N|| Ɲ || Ŋ || Ŋm

| O|| Ɔ || P|| Ph || R

| S|| T|| Th || U|| Ʋ

| V|| W|| || Y|| Ƴ

| Z

scope="row" | 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 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

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{{Languages of Burkina Faso}}

{{Gur languages}}

Category:Languages of Burkina Faso

Category:Gurunsi languages

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