Lobi language

Lobi
Lobiri
Region	Burkina Faso,Ivory Coast;immigrants inGhana
Ethnicity	Lobi
Native speakers	(440,000 cited 1991–1993)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Savannas Gur Southern Gur Lobi–Dyan Lobi
Dialects	Moru
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lob
Glottolog	lobi1245
Majority areas of northern Lobi dialects, in light yellow, on a map of Burkina Faso.

Lobi(also Miwa and Lobiri) is aGur languageofBurkina Faso,Ivory CoastandGhana.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labiovelar	Glottal
Plosive	pb	td	cɟ	kg	kpgb	ʔ
Aspirated	pʰ	tʰ		kʰ
Fricative	fv	s				h
Nasal	m	n	ɲ		ŋm
Approximant		r,l	j		w
Glottalized	ˀb	ˀl	ˀj		ˀw

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	iiːĩĩː		uuːũũː
Near-high	ɪɪːɪ̃ɪ̃ː		ʊʊːʊ̃ʊ̃ː
Mid-high	eeːẽẽː		ooːõõː
Mid-low	ɛɛːɛ̃ɛ̃ː		ɔɔːɔ̃ɔ̃ː
Low		aaːããː

Additionally, Lobi distinguishes between high tone and low tone. Falling and rising tones can be found on long vowels.