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The Bozo cluster breaks down into the following languages:
  • Hainyaho (a few thousand speakers)

  • Tiéyaho or Tigemaxo (a few thousand speakers)

  • Tièma cièwe (about 2,500 speakers)

  • Sorogama/Jenaama or Sorko (about 100,000 speakers)


Hainyaho, spoken by the Hain (sg. Xan), is the most western dialect, spoken in two spots along the Niger. It is most closely related to Tigemaxo, its eastern neighbour which is spoken around Diafarabe . The central and most widely spoken Bozo language is Sorogama, which actually consists of four dialects, Pondori (south of Mopti ), Kotya, Korondugu (north of Mopti ) and Debo (around Lake Debo ). Tièma Cièwè is the northeastern most of the Bozo cluster, spoken in the vicinity of Lake Debo.


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