Nyabwa language
Nyabwa | |
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Native to | Ivory Coast |
Native speakers | (43,000 cited 1993)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nwb |
Glottolog | nyab1255 |
The Nyabwa (Niaboua, Niédéboua, Nyaboa, Nyabwa-Nyédébwa, Nyedebwa or Nyaboa)[2] language is a Kru language spoken in Ivory Coast. It is part of the Wee dialect continuum.
Writing system[]
a | b | bh | c | d | e | ɛ | f | g | gb | gw | i | ɩ | j | k | kp | kw |
l | m | n | ng | ny | o | ɔ | p | r | s | t | u | ʋ | v | w | y | z |
Nasalisation is indicated by a tilde on the vowel. Tones are indicated by following signs: Very high tone is indicated by a double apostrophe ‹ ˮ › ; High tone is indicated by an apostrophe ‹ ʼ › ; Mid-tone is indicated by no diacritic; Low tone is indicated by a hyphen ‹ ˗ ›.
References[]
- ^ Nyabwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ "OLAC resources in and about the Nyabwa language". 30 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
Categories:
- Wee languages
- Languages of Ivory Coast
- Atlantic–Congo language stubs
- Ivory Coast stubs