Latin alphabet and orthography Dioula orthography is regulated in Burkina Faso by the Dioula Sub-Commission of the National Commission for Languages. On 15 July 1971, the National Sub-Commission for Dioula was createdRepublic of Burkina Faso, Ministerial Decree no 54/ENC/CNU. and on 16 July 1971, it began a study in order to set the Dioula alphabet. An alphabet was published on 27 July 1973 and gained official status on 2 February 1979.Republic of Burkina Faso, Ministerial Decree no 367/ENC/CNU. Some letters were added later, for borrowed words, and others were replaced: by , and by . Dioula AlphabetABC D EƐ FGHIJKLMNƝŊOƆPRSTUVWYZabcdeɛfghijklmnɲŋoɔprstuvwyzPhonetic value In Burkina Faso, the Dioula alphabet is made up of 28 letters each representing a single phoneme. In the orthography, long vowels are represented by doubled letters; thus, /e/ is written and /eː/, . The nasalisation of a vowel is written followed by an n; for example, /ẽ/ is written .
latin alphabet and orthography dioula orthography is regulated in burkina faso by the dioula sub-commission of the national commission for languages on 15 july 1971 the national sub-commission for dioula was createdrepublic of burkina faso ministerial decree no 54/enc/cnu and on 16 july 1971 it began a study in order to set the dioula alphabet an alphabet was published on 27 july 1973 and gained official status on 2 february 1979republic of burkina faso ministerial decree no 367/enc/cnu some letters were added later for borrowed words and others were replaced by  and by  dioula alphabetabc d eɛ fghijklmnɲŋoɔprstuvwyzabcdeɛfghijklmnɲŋoɔprstuvwyzphonetic value in burkina faso the dioula alphabet is made up of 28 letters each representing a single phoneme in the orthography long vowels are represented by doubled letters; thus /e/ is written and /eː/  the nasalisation of a vowel is written followed by an n; for example /ẽ/ is written 