Konabéré
Niger-Congo
Konabéré (also Bobo Konabéré, Sambla) is a Western Mande language spoken by the Konabéré people around Bobo-Dioulasso in southwestern Burkina Faso. Note: this Konabéré is distinct from "Bobo Madaré" (bwq), the larger Bobo-Madaré language of the same general region; the two Bobo-named languages are NOT closely related despite both being termed "Bobo" by the dominant Manding (bm Bambara) speakers. Konabéré is in the Bobo-Konabéré branch of Western Mande, while Bobo Madaré is in a separate Mande branch. Konabéré has approximately 32,000-50,000 speakers and is recognized as a national language of Burkina Faso under the 1991 Constitution.
Where it is spoken
87 core words in Konabéré
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Words compared
Compared with languages in the same classification: Niger-Congo
| Meaning | Konabéré | Kita Maninkakan | Xaasongaxango | Dyula | Bambara | Eastern Maninka | Mandinka |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ | ji /dʒi/ | jiyo /dʒijo/ |
| Fire | ta /ta/ | tasuma /tasuma/ | ta /ta/ | tasuma /tasuma/ | tasuma /tasuma/ | ta /ta/ | dimbaa /dimbaː/ |
| Sun | hun /hun/ | tle /tle/ | tili /tili/ | tile /tile/ | tile /tile/ | tele /tele/ | tiloo /tiloː/ |
| Moon | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ | kalo /kalo/ | karo /karo/ | karoo /karoː/ |
| Star | kɛŋkɛlɛnu /kɛŋkɛlɛnu/ | lolo /lolo/ | lolo /lolo/ | lolo /lolo/ | dolo /dòlo/ | lolo /lolo/ | looloo /loːloː/ |
| Night | wuru /wuru/ | su /su/ | su /su/ | su /su/ | su /su/ | su /su/ | suutoo /suːtoː/ |
| Rain | wuro /wuro/ | sanji /saɲɟi/ | — | sanji /ˈsandʒi/ | sanji /ˈsandʒi/ | sanji /saɲɟi/ | sanjiyo /sandʒijo/ |
| Wind | puŋ /puŋ/ | fɔɲɔ /fɔɲɔ/ | — | fɔɲɔ /fɔɲɔ/ | fiɲɛ /fiɲɛ/ | fɔɲɔ /fɔɲɔ/ | foño /foɲo/ |
| Earth | lou /lou/ | — | — | dugukolo /duɡukolo/ | dugukolo /duɡukolo/ | duukolo /duːkolo/ | bankoo /baŋkoː/ |
| Stone | dibi /dibi/ | — | — | kabakuru /kabakuru/ | kaba /kaba/ | kaba /kaba/ | beroo /beroː/ |
| Mountain | tolo /tolo/ | — | — | kulu /kulu/ | kulu /kulu/ | kɔnkɛ /kɔŋkɛ/ | konkoo /koŋkoː/ |
| Sea | ɲɩanjuu /ɲɪanɟuː/ | — | — | kɔgɔji /kɔɡɔdʒi/ | kɔgɔji /kɔɡɔdʒi/ | kɔɔji /kɔːdʒi/ | fankaasoo /faŋkaːsoː/ |
| Mother | ba /ba/ | ba /ba/ | ba /ba/ | ba /ba/ | ba /ba/ | ba /ba/ | baa /baː/ |
| Father | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ | fa /fa/ | faa /faː/ |
| Daughter | nɩmadala /nɪmadala/ | — | — | denmuso /denmuso/ | denmuso /dɛnmuso/ | denmuso /dɛnmuso/ | dimmusoo /dimːusoː/ |
| I | n /ǹ/ | ne /ne/ | ne /ne/ | n /ŋ́/ | ne /nè/ | ne /ne/ | nte /nte/ |
| You | i /í/ | i /i/ | i /i/ | i /í/ | i /í/ | i /i/ | ite /ite/ |
| We | mà /mà/ | an /án/ | an /án/ | an /án/ | an /án/ | an /án/ | ntolu /ntolu/ |
| Name | to /tō/ | tɔɔ /tɔː/ | toxo /toxo/ | tɔgɔ /tɔ́ɡɔ/ | tɔgɔ /tɔ̀ɡɔ/ | tɔɔ /tɔː/ | too /toː/ |
| Person | tee /teː/ | — | — | mɔgɔ /mɔ̀ɡɔ/ | mɔgɔ /mɔ̀ɡɔ/ | mɔɔ /mɔː/ | moo /moː/ |
| Head | ŋʋʋn /ŋʊːn/ | — | — | kunkolo /kunkolo/ | kun /kun/ | kun /kũ/ | kuŋo /kuŋo/ |
| Eye | ɲono /ɲono/ | ña /ɲa/ | ɲa /ɲa/ | ɲɛ /ɲɛ/ | ɲɛ /ɲɛ/ | ɲa /ɲa/ | ñaa /ɲaː/ |
| Ear | turu /turu/ | tulo /tulo/ | tulu /tulu/ | tulo /tulo/ | tulo /tulo/ | tolo /tolo/ | tuloo /tuloː/ |
| Nose | bi /bi/ | nun /nũ/ | nun /nũ/ | nun /nũ/ | nun /nũ/ | nun /nũ/ | nuŋo /nuŋo/ |
| Mouth | dʋʋ /dʊː/ | — | da /da/ | da /da/ | da /da/ | da /da/ | daa /daː/ |
| Tooth | nyineno /ɲineno/ | ɲin /ɲĩ/ | ɲin /ɲĩ/ | ɲin /ɲĩ/ | ɲin /ɲĩ/ | ɲin /ɲĩ/ | ñiŋo /ɲiŋo/ |
| Tongue | nyenu /ɲenu/ | nɛn /nɛn/ | nɛn /nɛn/ | nɛn /nɛn/ | nɛn /nɛn/ | nɛn /nɛn/ | neŋo /neŋo/ |
| Hand | soro /soro/ | bolo /bolo/ | bulu /bulu/ | bolo /bolo/ | bolo /bolo/ | bolo /bolo/ | buloo /buloː/ |
| Heart | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ | dusu /dusu/ | jusu /dʒusu/ | sondomoo /sondomoː/ |
| Bone | wuo /wuo/ | kulu /kulu/ | xulu /xulu/ | kolo /kolo/ | kolo /kolo/ | kolo /kolo/ | kuloo /kuloː/ |
| Blood | tsuu /tsuː/ | joli /dʒoli/ | jelu /dʒelu/ | joli /dʒoli/ | joli /dʒoli/ | jeli /dʒeli/ | yeloo /jeloː/ |
| Poop | suŋ /suŋ/ | — | — | bo /bo/ | bo /bo/ | bo /bo/ | buwo /buwo/ |
| Love | kana /kana/ | kanu /kanu/ | kanu /kanu/ | kanu /kanu/ | kanu /kanu/ | kanin /kanĩ/ | kanu /kanu/ |
| Tree | sio /sio/ | yiri /jiɾi/ | yiri /jiɾi/ | yiri /jiri/ | jiri /dʒiri/ | yiri /jiɾi/ | yiroo /jiroː/ |
| Dog | fugo /fuɡo/ | wulu /wulu/ | wulu /wulu/ | wulu /wulu/ | wulu /wulu/ | wulu /wulu/ | wuloo /wuloː/ |
| Cat | nyukuma /ɲukuma/ | ñaakuma /ɲaːkuma/ | jakuma /dʒakuma/ | jakuma /dʒakuma/ | jakuma /dʒakuma/ | ɲaari /ɲaːri/ | ñankuma /ɲankuma/ |
| Fish | kolo /kolo/ | jɛgɛ /dʒɛɡɛ/ | ɲege /ɲeɡe/ | jɛgɛ /dʒɛɡɛ/ | jɛgɛ /dʒɛɡɛ/ | jɛɛ /dʒɛː/ | ñewo /ɲewo/ |
| Bird | yalaa /jalaː/ | kɔnɔ /kɔnɔ/ | — | kɔnɔ /kɔnɔ/ | kɔnɔ /kɔnɔ/ | kɔnɔ /kɔnɔ/ | kunoo /kunoː/ |
| Butterfly | — /—/ | — | — | firinfirin /firinfirin/ | nfirinfirin /nfirinfirin/ | firinfirinlen /fiɾinfiɾinlen/ | firifiroo /firifiroː/ |
| Egg | wɔɔnʋʋ /wɔːnʊː/ | — | — | sisɛfan /sisɛfã/ | shɛfan /ʃɛfã/ | kili /kili/ | kiloo /kiloː/ |
| Horse | suo /suo/ | — | — | so /so/ | so /so/ | so /so/ | suwoo /suwoː/ |
| House | so /so/ | so /so/ | so /so/ | so /so/ | so /so/ | bon /bon/ | buŋo /buŋo/ |
| Milk | ɲiɲien /ɲiɲien/ | nɔnɔ /nɔnɔ/ | nɔnɔ /nɔnɔ/ | nɔnɔ /nɔnɔ/ | nɔnɔ /nɔnɔ/ | nɔnɔ /nɔnɔ/ | nonoo /nonoː/ |
| Honey | yaarɩŋun /jaːrɪŋun/ | — | — | li /li/ | di /di/ | li /li/ | liyo /lijo/ |
| Salt | ɲiŋ /ɲiŋ/ | kɔgɔ /kɔɡɔ/ | kɔgɔ /kɔɡɔ/ | kɔgɔ /kɔɡɔ/ | kɔgɔ /kɔɡɔ/ | kɔɔ /kɔː/ | koo /koː/ |
| Wine | ɛrɛsɛn kpiŋ /ɛrɛsɛn kpiŋ/ | ɛrɛsɛnji /ɛrɛsɛndʒi/ | — | divɛn /divɛ̃/ | diwɛn /diwɛn/ | — | wayinoo /wajinoː/ |
| Rice | mirii /miriː/ | — | — | malo /malo/ | malo /malo/ | malo /malo/ | maanoo /maːnoː/ |
| Iron | kpɩa /kpɪa/ | neke /neke/ | nege /neɡe/ | nɛgɛ /nɛɡɛ/ | nɛgɛ /nɛɡɛ/ | nɛɛ /nɛː/ | nee /neː/ |
| Wheel | pinii /piniː/ | — | — | mɔbilisen /mɔbilisen/ | mobilisen /mobilisen/ | — | — |
| Book | sɛbɩnʋ /sɛbɪnʊ/ | — | — | gafe /ɡafe/ | gafe /ɡafe/ | gbafe /ɡbafe/ | kitaaboo /kitaːboː/ |
| Eat | don /don/ | don /don/ | domu /domu/ | dun /dun/ | dun /dũ/ | domun /domũ/ | domo /domo/ |
| Drink | me /me/ | min /min/ | min /min/ | min /min/ | min /min/ | min /min/ | miŋ /miŋ/ |
| Sleep | ŋuun /ŋuːn/ | — | — | sunɔgɔ /sunɔɡɔ/ | sunɔgɔ /sunɔɡɔ/ | sunɔɔ /sunɔː/ | siinoo /siːnoː/ |
| One | talɩ /tálɪ̄/ | kelen /kelen/ | kilin /kilin/ | kelen /kelen/ | kelen /kelen/ | kelen /kelen/ | kiliŋ /kiliŋ/ |
| Two | pala /pálà/ | fila /fila/ | fula /fula/ | fila /fìla/ | fila /fìla/ | fila /fila/ | fula /fula/ |
| Three | sa /sǎ/ | saba /saba/ | saba /saba/ | saba /saba/ | saba /saba/ | saba /saba/ | saba /saba/ |
| Four | nɩan /nɪan/ | naani /naːni/ | naani /naːni/ | naani /naːni/ | naani /naːni/ | naani /naːni/ | naani /naːni/ |
| Five | kʋ /kʊ̄/ | loolu /lóːlu/ | luulu /luːlu/ | duuru /dúːru/ | duuru /duːru/ | loolu /lóːlu/ | luulu /luːlu/ |
| Hundred | jɔlɩ /ɟɔ̄lɪ̀/ | — | keme /keme/ | kɛmɛ /kɛ̀mɛ́/ | kɛmɛ /kɛmɛ/ | kɛmɛ /kɛmɛ/ | keme /keme/ |
| Hello | ka kɛ /ka kɛ/ | i ni soɣoma /i ni soɣoma/ | i ni sogoma /i ni soɡoma/ | i ni sɔgɔma /i ni sɔɡɔma/ | i ni ce /i ni tʃɛ/ | i ni se /i ni se/ | salaam /salaːm/ |
| Thank you | baraka /baraka/ | i ni baara /i ni baːɾa/ | i ni baara /i ni baːɾa/ | i ni ce /i ni tʃe/ | i ni ce /i ni tʃɛ/ | i ni ce /i ni tʃe/ | abaraka /abaraka/ |
| Good | ɲuman /ɲuman/ | ñuman /ɲuman/ | nyi /ɲi/ | ɲuman /ɲuman/ | ka ɲi /ka ɲi/ | ka ɲi /ka ɲi/ | beteyaa /betejaː/ |
| Red | bilen /bileɲ/ | bilen /bileɲ/ | wuleŋ /wuleŋ/ | bilen /bilen/ | bilen /bilen/ | wulen /wulen/ | wuleŋ /wuleŋ/ |
| White | furu /furu/ | — | — | gwɛ /ɡwɛ/ | jɛ /dʒɛ/ | gbɛ /ɡbɛ/ | koyi /koji/ |
| Black | guun /ɡuːn/ | — | — | fin /fin/ | fin /fin/ | fin /fiɲ/ | fiŋ /fiŋ/ |
| Green | saajuu /saːɟuː/ | — | — | binkɛnɛman /binkɛnɛman/ | binkɛnɛman /binkɛnɛman/ | binkɛndɛlama /binkɛndɛlama/ | jambakere /dʒambakere/ |
| Coffee | kafɩ /kafɪ/ | — | — | kafe /kafe/ | kafe /kafe/ | kafe /kafe/ | — |
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