Bobo (Bɔbɔ; also known as Bobo Fi, Bobo Fign, Bobo Fing, Bobo Mandaré, Black Bobo) is a major
Mande language of
Burkina Faso; the western city of
Bobo Dioulasso is named partly for the
Bobo people. Bobo consists of:
- Southern dialects: Syabéré (Sya), Benge, Sogokiré, Voré, Zara (Bobo Dioula/Jula)
- Northern Konabéré dialects: Yaba, Sankuma (Sarokama), Jèrè, Tankri, Kure, Kukoma (Koma).
Northern and Southern Bobo share only 20%–30% intelligibility according to
Ethnologue, and by that standard are considered separate languages.