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It uses seven vowels a, e, ɛ, i, o, ɔ and u (the letters approximate their IPA equivalents). Writing was introduced during the French occupation and literacy is a major issue especially in rural areas. Although written literature is only slowly evolving (due to the predominance of French as the "language of the educated"), there exists a wealth of oral literature, which is often tales of kings and heroes. This oral literature is mainly<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=4565 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr> | It uses seven vowels a, e, ɛ, i, o, ɔ and u (the letters approximate their IPA equivalents). Writing was introduced during the French occupation and literacy is a major issue especially in rural areas. Although written literature is only slowly evolving (due to the predominance of French as the "language of the educated"), there exists a wealth of oral literature, which is often tales of kings and heroes. This oral literature is mainly<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=4565 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr> | ||
<tr><td><h2>Location of Bamanankan Language Speakers</h2> | <tr><td><h2>Location of Bamanankan Language Speakers</h2> | ||
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<tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2> | <tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2> |
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