BET ISO 639-3
Bété, Guiberoua
ʼbhɛtɩgbʋʋ ʼmö Autonym
A language of Côte d’Ivoire
- ISO 639
- bet
- Alternate Names
- Central Bété, Western Bété, ʼbhɛtegbooʼmë
- Autonym
- ʼbhɛtɩgbʋʋ ʼmö
- Population
- 130,000 (1993 SIL). All Bété varieties: 730,000 (Leclerc 2017c).
- Location:
- Bas-Sassandra district: Soubre, Buyo, Gregbeu, and Ouaragahio subprefectures; Sassandra-Marahoué district: Daloua, Guiberoua, and Issia subprefectures; Gôh-Djiboua district.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kru, Eastern, Bete, Western
- Dialects
- Soubré, Guiberoua. Reportedly most similar to Godié [god].
- Language Use
- Also use French [fra].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Grammar. NT: 1982.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Bété, Guiberoua
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Different from Bete [byf] of Nigeria. Christian, traditional religion.
Also Spoken in
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Location: Bas-Sassandra district: Soubre, Buyo, Gregbeu, and Ouaragahio subprefectures; Sassandra-Marahoué district: Daloua, Guiberoua, and Issia subprefectures; Gôh-Djiboua district.
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