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Many speakers of American, Canadian, Scottish and Irish English pronounce cot /ˈkɒt/ and caught /ˈkɔːt/ the same. [ k ] You may simply ignore the difference between the symbols /ɒ/ and /ɔː/ , just as you ignore the distinction between the written vowels o and au when pronouncing them.
The working languages are French, which was introduced when France colonized Burkina Faso in 1919, and English. In December 2023, the government of Burkina Faso adopted a bill revising the Constitution regarding language. Indigenous languages were set as official languages, while French was made a "working language" only. [24]
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The music of Burkina Faso includes the folk music of 60 different ethnic groups. The Mossi people, centrally located around the capital, Ouagadougou, account for 40% of the population while, to the south, Gurunsi, Gurma, Dagaaba and Lobi populations, speaking Gur languages closely related to the Mossi language, extend into the coastal states.
The pronunciation in final open syllables is always phonemically /ɑ/, but it is phonetically ranges between [ɑ] or [ɔ] speaker-to-speaker (Canada [kanadɑ] ⓘ or [kanadɔ] ⓘ), the latter being informal. There are some exceptions; the words la, ma, ta, sa, fa, papa and caca are always pronounced with the phoneme /a/.
Wooden horn of the Samo people. The music of Burkina Faso includes the folk music of 60 different ethnic groups.The Mossi people, centrally located around the capital, Ouagadougou, account for 40% of the population while, to the south, Gurunsi, Gurma, Dagaaba and Lobi populations, speaking Gur languages closely related to the Mossi language, extend into the coastal states.
Le peuple du Burkina chante un hymne à la victoire, A la gloire du travail libérateur, émancipateur. A bas l'exploitation de l'homme par l'homme! Hé en avant pour le bonheur de tout homme, Par tous les hommes aujourd'hui et demain, Par tous les hommes ici et pour toujours! Refrain IV Révolution populaire notre sève nourricière.