National languages are written in the Latin alphabet with some additional modified letters (extended characters). A chart showing the extended Latin characters and diacritics used in some Burkinabe languages is available at: http://www.bisharat.net/A12N/BF-table.htm

UNDP's Internet Initiative for Africa (IIA) facilitated connectivity for Burkina Faso.

• Nombre de centres de formation avec certification : 1 centre régional CISCO (DELGI)

ICT policy / Politique de TIC

Language policy / Politique de langue

Three other institutions "involved in or responsible for African Language research" in Burkina Faso (UNESCO 1985). Updated information is needed:

ICT policy / Politique de langue

Localisation policy / Politique de localisation

• Project telecentres / Télécentres de projets:

UNESCO (1985) reported the following periodicals (name, frequency of publication, language). Updated information is needed:

• GSM companies & coverage : http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_bf.shtml

• ISPs / FSI : 7 dont 6 à caractère commercial (DELGI)

______, "Communications in Burkina Faso," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_in_Burkina_Faso

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), "The World Factbook: Burkina Faso," https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uv.html

WikiEducator has a page on ICT & education in BF at http://www.wikieducator.org/ICT4Africa/Country_Report_Burkina_Faso

The DELGI site is http://www.delgi.gov.bf/

ICT policy documents and descriptions, including the National Information and Communication Infrastructure (NICI) plan:

• Plan de développement (DELGI) http://www.delgi.gov.bf/Tic/Plans%20de%20développement/Plans.htm

• "Plan de Développement de l’Infrastructure Nationale d’Information et de Communication du Burkina Faso, 2000-2004" http://www.uneca.org/aisi/nici/Documents/Burkina%20Faso%20NICI%20PLan.html

More information relating to Burkina Faso's NICI policy process is available at:

• NICI country page http://www.uneca.org/aisi/nici/Burkina_Faso/burkina.htm
• NICI policy http://www.uneca.org/aisi/nici/country_profiles/Burkina%20Faso/burkinapol.htm
• NICI country profile/background (not recently updated; has links to other NICI pages) http://www.uneca.org/aisi/nici/country_profiles/Burkina%20Faso/burkinab.htm

Cartes linguistiques en Afrique : Mali et Burkina Faso / African linguistic maps : Mali and Burkina Faso http://www.muturzikin.com/cartesafrique/5.htm (see also note re language maps)

• Internet hosts :
  • According to CIA: 399 (2006)
  • According to ISC: 190 (2007)

ICT policy documents and descriptions:

• "Résumé du Plan de développement des infrastructures nationales d’information et de communication" (mercredi 11 mai 2005) http://www.lefaso.net/article.php3?id_article=7109&id_rubrique=77
• "Stratégie d'Opérationnalisation du plan du développement de l'infrastructure nationale d'information et de communication, 2004-2006" http://www.delgi.gov.bf/Strategie/CSLP-StrategieNTIC.pdf

Internet Systems Consortium (ISC), "Distribution of Top-Level Domain Names by Host Country, Jan 2007" http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/ops/ds/reports/2007-02/dist-bynum.php

• Telephones - main lines in use: 97,400 (2005) (CIA)

• Mobile subscriptions:
  • 227,000 (1.9 per 100 people) (ITU 2004 cited in Vodafone 2005)
  • Telephones - mobile cellular: 572,200 (2005) (CIA)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 17, shortwave 3 (2002) (CIA)

• According to CIA, "internet hosts" number 399 (2006)

• Internet users / Utilisateurs de l'internet : 64,600 Internet users as of Sept/06, 0.5% of the population, per ITU (Internet World Stats)

Ouédraogo (2000) a fait ue enquête sur les usagers d'internet dans des points d'accès publiques. Il a trouvé que : "68.7 % sont de sexe masculin et 31.3% féminins" et que "les usagers Internet ont en moyenne en âge compris entre 14 et 30 ans avec une dominance pour les 20 25 ans, ce qui correspond à la frange des étudiants." (cited in WikiEducator)

• The ADEN project has held at least one training in BF http://www.africaden.net/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=7
• Tice-Burkina ("un projet qui a pour ambition de promouvoir et soutenir l’utilisation des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication pour l’Enseignement (TICE) pour mettre en œuvre les cours dans l’enseignement secondaire au Burkina Faso") http://www.tice-burkina.bf/

Internet World Stats: Africa. 2007. http://internetworldstats.com/africa.htm

Ouédraogo, Sylvestre. 2000. "Accès aux Nouvelles Technologies au Burkina Faso, une analyse des centres d’accès collectifs et des comportements des usagers Internet au Burkina Faso: Rapport d’étude." http://www.burkina-ntic.org/publication/Synth%E8se%20de%20l%27%E9tude11.pdf

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), "The World Factbook: Burkina Faso," https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/uv.html

WikiEducator, "ICT4Africa/Country Report Burkina Faso," http://www.wikieducator.org/ICT4Africa/Country_Report_Burkina_Faso

Faso. For the BF-L10n wikigroup, click on the flag.--]

Burkina Faso (BF) http://www.PanAfriL10n.org/wikidoc/flags/BUR.GIF

IICD has a page on Burkina Faso at http://www.iicd.org/countries/burkina_faso/ . It is developing projects in three sectors: education, governance and livelihoods (agriculture). One project is a national knowledge exchange network LIEN

Constitution is vague on which languages have status of national languages. Moore, Jula, and Fulfulde are among the most widely spoken.(Aménagement linguistique)

Moore, Manding (Dyula/Jula), Fula, Dagaare

• Fasobaara, monthly, Dyula
• Bugum Da Ki, quarterly, Moore
• Dugulen, quarterly, Dyula

• Tenembiiga, quarterly, Moore

"Au Burkina Faso, la politique nationale en matière de NTIC est coordonnée par la Délégation générale à l’Informatique (DELGI), placée sous la tutelle directe du Premier ministre." http://www.lefaso.net/article.php3?id_article=7108&id_rubrique=77

UNDP (2006) gives a literacy figure (without reference to which language[s]) of: 21.8%

• International internet bandwidth / Bande passante internationale d'internet : 4 mbs (DELGI)
• ISPs / FSI :
  • 10 (en 2006) (Wikipedia)
  • 7 dont 6 à caractère commercial (DELGI)

• Nombre de villes desservies par le backbone national du réseau Internet : 6 par des liaisons à 2 mégabits/s (DELGI)

• Number of computers / Nombre d'ordinateurs:
  • 15,000 (DELGI)
  • 1.5 per 1000 people (APC)
• Cybercafés / Cybercafés: 150 (DELGI)

See also the DELGI site http://www.delgi.gov.bf/

• Plan de développeemnt http://www.delgi.gov.bf/Tic/Plans%20de%20développement/Plans.htm

The ADEN project has held at least one training in BF http://www.africaden.net/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=7

Données recuillies du site DELGI :

• Nombre d’établissements de formation professionnelle diplômante en informatique : 5 dont 3 privés (DELGI)
• Nombre de centres de formation avec certification : 1 centre régional CISCO (DELGI)

• Yam Pukri Association ("Pour une appropriation sociale et économique des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication en Afrique") http://www.yam-pukri.org/

Nombre de sites WEB hébergés sur le territoire national : 107 (DELGI}

Sites and metasites

• Portail web sur le Burkina http://www.delgi.gov.bf/PortailWeb/Portail.htm
• Burkina NTIC http://www.burkina-ntic.org/
• Faso ONG (Sited des ONGs du BF) http://www.faso-ong.org/

There is a project for localisation of OpenOffice in Moore, Fulfulde, and Jula, and a project that has created some TavultesoftKeyman keyboards. There appears to be good collaboration among diverse actors in Burkina.

• Edition en langue nationale de Burkina Faso http://www.abcburkina.net/sedelan/contenu/services/edition.html

Localisation policy / Politique de localisation

Délégation générale à l’Informatique (DELGI), http://www.delgi.gov.bf/

______, "Les Tic au Burkina: Etat des lieux du secteur de l'Informatique et de l'Internet," http://www.delgi.gov.bf/Tic/Etat%20des%20lieux/Informatique-Internet.htm

Internet World Stats: Africa. 2006. http://internetworldstats.com/africa.htm

______, "Burkina Faso," http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso

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• "Document de la politique nationale de la communication pour le développement au Burkina Faso, Tome 2" http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/004/Y0643F/Y0643F00.HTM

Deux documents sur "Politiques et stratégies de communication pour le développement" / "Politique Nationale de Communication au Burkina Faso" publiés par la FAO (qui font référence à l'utilisation des langues nationales dans la communcation) sont indiqués à http://www.fao.org/sd/2001/KN1101_fr.htm :

• "La situation de la communication pour le développement au Burkina Faso, Tome 1" http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/004/Y0642F/Y0642F00.HTM
• "Document de la politique nationale de la communication pour le développement au Burkina Faso

Tome 2" http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/004/Y0643F/Y0643F00.HTM

"Au Burkina Faso, la politique nationale en matière de NTIC est coordonnée par la Délégation générale à l’Informatique (DELGI), placée sous la tutelle directe du Premier ministre." http://www.lefaso.net/article.php3?id_article=7108&id_rubrique=77

"Résumé du Plan de développement des infrastructures nationales d’information et de communication" (mercredi 11 mai 2005) http://www.lefaso.net/article.php3?id_article=7109&id_rubrique=77

Projects & organisations / Projets et organisations

• International internet bandwidth / Bande passante internationale d'internet :
• ISPs / FSI : 10 (en 2006) (Wikipedia)
• Geographic coverage / Couverture géographique :

The APC page, "ICT Policy in Burkina Faso" has some information and links:

• In English: http://rights.apc.org/africa/index.shtml?apc=s21821e_1
• En français: http://afrique.droits.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21821e_1

Institutions:

• Institut Africain d'Informatique (IAI), Cameroon (also serves Burkina Faso)

Internet:

• Edition en langue nationale de Burkina Faso http://www.abcburkina.net/sedelan/contenu/services/edition.html

APC, "ICT Policy in Burkina Faso" Africa ICT Policy Monitor, http://rights.apc.org/africa/index.shtml?apc=s21821e_1 ("Politiques de TIC en/au Burkina Faso," Observatoire des politiques des TIC en Afrique, http://afrique.droits.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21821e_1 )

• Fixed lines:
  • 36,000 (en 1997) (Wikipedia)
  • Telephone mainlines: 5 per 1000 people (APC)
• Mobile subscriptions: 227,000 (1.9 per 100 people) (ITU 2004 cited in Vodafone 2005)

b) Radio stations / Stations de radio :

a) Computers & points of access / Ordinateurs et lieux d'accès :

• Number of computers / Nombre d'ordinateurs: 1.5 per 1000 people (APC)
• Cybercafés / Cybercafés:
• Project telecentres / Télécentres de projets:
  • The ADEN project is [was?] considering proposals for telecentres. See http://www.africaden.net/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=7

b) Internet / Internet :

c) Other / Autre :

• Digital Opportunity Index (DOI): 0.13 (ITU 2006)

The APC page, "ICT Policy in Burkina Faso" has some information and links: http://rights.apc.org/africa/index.shtml?apc=s21821e_1

ICT4D/E & ICT training / TIC pour le développement/éducation, et formation en TIC

APC, "ICT Policy in Burkina Faso" Africa ICT Policy Monitor, http://rights.apc.org/africa/index.shtml?apc=s21821e_1

International Telecommunications Union (ITU). 2006. World Information Society Report 2006. Geneva: ITU. http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/publications/worldinformationsociety/2006/wisr-web.pdf

______. 2004. African Telecommunication Indicators 2004. Geneva: ITU.

Vodafone. 2005. "Africa: The Impact of Mobile Phones." The Vodafone Policy Paper Series, Number 3, March 2005. http://www.vodafone.com/assets/files/en/GPP%20SIM%20paper.pdf

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Language information / Données sur les langues

Languages spoken / Langues parlées

a) Official / Officielle(s) :

b) National, indigenous / Nationale(s), indigène(s) :

c) Relevant pages in the Major Languages section of this report / Pages appropriées dans la section de ce rapport sur les Langues principales :

Policy / Politique

a) Laws/legislation / Lois/législation :

b) Agencies / Agences :

c) Languages in education/literacy / Langues dans l'éducation/l'alphabétisation :

Writing in national/indigenous languages / Ecriture en langues nationales/indigènes

a) Orthographies / Orthographes :

b) Print publications / Editions imprimées :

Other comments / Autre commentaire

ICT situation / Situation des TIC

Infrastructure / Infrastructure

a) Telephones / Téléphones :

• Fixed lines: 36 000 (en 1997) (Wikipedia)
• Mobile subscriptions: 200 000 (en 2005) (Wikipedia)

b) Radio stations / Stations de radio :

c) Connectivity / Connectivité :

• ISPs: 10 (en 2006) (Wikipedia)

Computer & internet access / Accès aux ordinateurs et à l'internet

a) Internet / Internet :

b) Cybercentres / Cybercentres :

c) Project telecentres / Télécentres des projets :

Policy / Politique

ICT4D & ICT training / TIC pour le développement et formation en TIC

Resources / Ressources

Localisation situation / Situation de localisation

Country web content / Contenu web du pays

Web content in indigenous languages / Contenu web en langues indigènes

Software localisation / Localisation de logiciel

References / Références

Wikipedia, "Burkina Faso," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso

______, "Burkina Faso," http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso

There is a project for localisation of OpenOffice in Moore, Fulfulde, and Jula, and a project that has created some TavultesoftKeyman keyboards. There appears to be good collaboration among diverse actors in Burkina.

l’Association Burkinabè des Utilistaeurs de Logiciels Libres (ABULL) http://abull.zcp.bf/ (site is not active 1/2007; this is a chapter of AAUL)

l’Association Burkinabè des Utilistaeurs de Logiciels Libres (ABULL) http://abull.zcp.bf/ (site is not active 1/2007; this is a chapter of AULL)

Pages in the More languages category include: Gourmantche

Burkina Faso (BF) http://www.PanAfriL10n.org/wikidoc/flags/BUR.GIF

This is the localisation, language & ICT profile for Burkina Faso. For the BF-L10n wikigroup, click on the flag.

UNDP (2006) gives a literacy figure (without reference to which language[s]) of: 21.8%

UNDP. 2006. ''Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis. Human Development Report 2006.'' New York: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). [Human development index Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) (HDI) http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/statistics/indicators/3.html ]

Burkina Faso

Three other institutions "involved in or responsible for African Language research" in Burkina Faso (UNESCO 1985). Updated information is needed:

• Ecole supérieure de linguistique et des sciences humaines (ESLSH), B.P. 7021 - OUAGADOUGOU
• Département des Lettres, Université de Ouagadougou
• Institut national d'Education, B.P. 7045 - OUAGADOUGOU

UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Africa. 1985. African Community Languages and Their Use in Literacy and Education: A Regional Survey. Dakar: UNESCO.

UNESCO (1985) reported the following periodicals (name, frequency of publication, language). Updated information is needed:

UNESCO (1985) reported the following periodicals (name, frequency of publication, circulation, language). Updated information is needed:

• Fasobaara, monthly, Dyula
• Bugum Da Ki, quarterly, Moore
• Dugulen, quarterly, Dyula
• Lo Yi Zo, quarterly, Bwamu
• Tenembiiga, quarterly, Moore

UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Africa. 1985. African Community Languages and Their Use in Literacy and Education: A Regional Survey. Dakar: UNESCO.

Moore, Manding, Fula, Dagaare

2.e. Resources / Ressources

Edition en langue nationale de Burkina Faso http://www.abcburkina.net/sedelan/contenu/services/edition.html

3.a. Country web content / Contenu web du pays

3.b. Web content in indigenous languages / Contenu web en langues indigènes

(See also specific language pages.)

3.c. Software localisation / Localisation de logiciel

(See also specific language pages.)

The ADEN project is considering proposals for telecentres. See http://www.africaden.net/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=7

The ADEN project has held at least one training in BF http://www.africaden.net/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=7

• Internet users / Utilisateurs de l'internet : 53,200 Internet users as of Sept/05, 0.4% of the population, per ITU (Internet World Stats)

Internet World Stats: Africa. 2006. http://internetworldstats.com/africa.htm

French, as stipulated in the constitution (Aménagement linguistique)

Constitution is vague on which languages have status of national languages. Moore, Jula, and Fulfulde are among the most widely spoken.(Aménagement linguistique)

Ethnologue has an extensive list at http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=BF

• Fixed lines:
• Mobile subscriptions:

• International internet bandwidth:
• ISPs:
• Geographic coverage:

• Dial-up subscribers / Abonnés par ligne téléphonique :
• Internet users / Utilisateurs de l'internet :

1. Language information / Données sur les langues

1.a. Languages spoken / Langues parlées :

1.a.1. Official / Officielle(s) :

1.a.2. National, indigenous / Nationale(s), indigène(s) :

1.a.3. Relevant pages in the Major Languages section of this report / Pages appropriées dans la section de ce rapport sur les Langues principales :

1.b. Policy / Politique :

1.b.1. Laws/legislation / Lois/législation :

1.b.2. Agencies / Agences :

1.b.3. Languages in education/literacy / Langues dans l'éducation/l'alphabétisation :

1.c. Writing in national/indigenous languages / Ecriture en langues nationales/indigènes :

1.c.1. Orthographies / Orthographes :

1.c.2. Print publications / Editions imprimées :

1.d. Other comments / Autre commentaire :

2. ICT situation / Situation des TIC

2.a. Infrastructure / Infrastructure

2.a.1. Telephones / Téléphones :

• Fixed lines: 61,900 (2002) (Balancing Act)
• Mobile subscriptions: 227,000 (2003) (Balancing Act)

2.a.2. Radio stations / Stations de radio :

2.a.3. Connectivity / Connectivité :

• International internet bandwidth: 2 links with a total 12 Mbps down and 6 Mbps up (Balancing Act)
• ISPs: 7 (Balancing Act)
• Geographic coverage: POPs in Ouagadougou, Bobo-Dioulasso, Koudougou, Fada N'gourma, and Ouahigouya. "Another 12 POPs are planned using VSAT connections that are currently being installed." "About 80% of subscribers are in Ouagadougou, 15% in Bobo and the rest are in the other towns." (Balancing Act)

2.b Computer & internet access / Accès aux ordinateurs et à l'internet

2.b.1. Internet / Internet :

• Dial-up subscribers / Abonnés par ligne téléphonique : 5,000 (2004) (Balancing Act)
• Internet users / Utilisateurs de l'internet : 30,000 (2003 – DELGI) (Balancing Act)

2.b.2. Cybercentres / Cybercentres :

2.b.3. Project telecentres / Télécentres des projets :

2.c. Policy / Politique

2.d. ICT4D & ICT training / TIC pour le développement et formation en TIC

3. Localisation situation / Situation de localisation

4. References / Références

Balancing Act Africa. 2004. African Internet Country Profiles, Part 1, West Africa. London: Balancing Act.

l’Association Burkinabè des Utilistaeurs de Logiciels Libres (ABULL) http://abull.zcp.bf/

Département Linguistique et Langues Nationales, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CNRST), Institut des Sciences des Sociétés (INSS), http://www.cnrst.bf

There is one project apparently in beginning stages for localisation of OpenOffice in Moore, Fulfulde, and Jula, another that has designed some keyboard layouts and begun to create discionaries, and a third conected with a government agency that is talking about beginning work and has some interesting plans.

ii. National (indigenous, often with legislated status other than official) / Nationale(s) (indigène ; souvent avec un statut légale autre qu' "officielle") :

(Will draw information from survey publications like: Balancing Act. 2004. African Internet Country Market Profiles: Part 1 – West Africa.)

The localisation scene is developing and at this stage there are still different actors discovering each other.

THere is one project apparently in beginning stages for localisation of OpenOffice in Moore, Fulfulde, and Jula, another that has designed some keyboard layouts and begun to create discionaries, and a third conected with a government agency that is talking about beginning work and has some interesting plans.

An effort is being made to bring these in communication with each other.

1. Language information / Données sur les langues

a. Languages spoken / Langues parlées :

i. Official / Officielle(s) :

ii. National (indigenous, often with legislated status other than official) / Nationale(s) (indigène ; souvent avec un statut légale autre qu' "officielle") :

iii. Other indigenous / Autres indigènes :

iv. Relevant pages in the Major Languages section of this report / Pages appropriées dans la section de ce rapport sur les Langues principales :

b. Policy / Politique :

i. Laws/legislation / Lois/législation :

ii. Agencies / Agences :

iii. Languages in education/literacy / Langues dans l'éducation/l'alphabétisation :

c. Writing in national/indigenous languages / Ecriture en langues nationales/indigènes :

i. Orthographies / Orthographes :

ii. Print publications / Editions imprimées :

d. Other comments / Autre commentaire :

2. ICT situation / Situation des TIC

3. Localisation situation / Situation de localisation

4. References / Références

Moore, Manding, Fula

ii. National (indigenous, often with legislated status other than official):

4. References

Leclerc, Jacques. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde, "Burkina," http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/burkina.htm

SIL International, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, "Languages of Burkina Faso," http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=BF

National languages are written in the Latin alphabet with some additional modified letters (extended characters). A chart showing the extended Latin characters and diacritics used in some Burkinabe languages is available at: http://www.bisharat.net/A12N/BF-table.htm

There is a project apparently in beginning stages for localisation of OpenOffice in Moore, Fulfulde, and Jula. Another apparently separate project has developed some keyboard layouts. An effort is being made to bring these in communication with each other.

The site L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde has a page on Burkina Faso at http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/burkina.htm

iii. Languages in education/literacy:

c. Writing in national/indigenous languages:

i. Orthographies:

ii. Print publications:

d. Other comments:

1. Language information

a. Languages spoken:

i. Official:

ii. National (indigenous, usually with legislated status other than official):

Constitution is vague on this. Moore, Jula, and Fulfulde are among the most widely spoken.

iii. Other indigenous:

iv. Relevant pages in the Major Languages section of this report:

b. Policy:

i. Laws/legislation:

The site L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde has a page on * at http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/burkina.htm

ii. Agencies:

c. Other comments:

National (indigenous, usually with legislated status other than official):

Ethnologue has an extensive list at http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=BF

1. Language

Languages spoken:

Official:

French

National (indigenous with legislated status other than official):

Other indigenous:

Of the above categories that are part of the language survey:

Language policy:

Agencies:

2. ICT situation

3. Localisation situation

There is a project apparently in beginning stages for localisation of OpenOffice in Moore, Fulfulde, and Jula.

4. References