Abure
| Abure | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Ivory Coast | |
| speaker | 55,000 (1993) | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
abu |
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The language Abure (also abouré, Abule, akaplass and abonwa called; ISO 639-3: abu) is one of two Western Tano languages within the Kwa language group , the total of 55,120 people from the ethnic group of the Abure in the Ivory Coast is spoken .
A significant number of the speakers live in the former capital Abidjan .
Many Abure speakers are bilingual with Anyin , a Bia language , and most recently with French , the country's official language. The Abure is related to the Beti .
There are - u. a. by developing a spelling and teaching it - the effort to keep this language alive and to better teach the non-French-speaking speakers.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ abu
- ↑ (1993 SIL)
- ↑ Ethnologue