Balafon

balafon

type of musical instrument

Subclass of	xylophone
Country	Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory coast
Intangible cultural heritage status	Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Hornbostel-Sachs classification	111.212

Balafon de la gourd-resonated xylophone, buuri malema lɔkɔ n de struck idiophone. A naԑ me la kɔrum kɔrum sԑba n boi Mandé, Senoufo la Gur peoples n boi West Africa, kɔ’ɔm bɔna la Guinean se’em n de lagum pa’asԑ  Mandinka yizuo tigere la puan, gee nananewa a zuԑ ta tole West Africa nԑŋa ze’ele Guinea tari ta paԑ Mali. A yuse’sere n de naana de la, balafon, magese wuu European coinage n naare la a sɔ Mandinka yu’ure se’em la ߓߟߊ bala ye;lebire wa ߝߐ߲ fôn ' tɔge ' bii Greek root phono