Alladian
| Alladian | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Ivory Coast | |
| speaker | 23,000 (1993) | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
avi |
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The language Alladian (also alladyan allagia, and allagian called; ISO 639-3: ald) is one of the two languages from the linguistic subgroup of Kwa languages Avikam Language-Alladian that a total of 23,000 people in 21 villages in the Ivory Coast , which between the Atlantic coast and Lake Ebrié , is spoken.
The members of the Alladian ethnic group, a matrilineally organized fishing people, are also known as Nladja-wron or Jack-Jacks and speak several Alladian dialects: Akuri, Aware and Kovu. The Alladian uses the Latin script and is closely related to the Avikam .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ ald
- ↑ (1993 SIL)
- ↑ Ethnologue