ISO_639:mfq

Moba language

Moba language

Gur language spoken in West Africa

Moba or Moba–Bimoba is a major language of the Moba people of Togo and Ghana. However, in Ghana only 60% of ethnic Bimoba speak the language. There are also about 2,000 Moba speakers in Burkina Faso. It has two dialects (Moba In Togo and Burkina Faso and Bimoba in Ghana). The language cluster is also known as Moba–Bimoba.

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Classification

Moba is spoken by the Moba people, a subgroup of the Gurma people. Moba is part of the Gurma subgroup of the Gur languages. It is related to the Konkomba language of the Konkomba people.

Writing system

Moba alphabet (Peace Corps Togo)[2]
aãbcd eẽɛɛ̃f ghiĩɩ ɩ̃j
klmnŋ oõɔɔ̃p struv wy
Moba alphabet (SIL)[3]
abcde ɛfggbh ijkkpl
mnnyŋŋm oɔprs tuwy

See also

References

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

Works cited

  • Moba O.P.L. Workbook (Oral Proficiency Learning) (PDF). Peace Corps Togo. 2010.

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


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