NWB ISO 639-3
Nyabwa
Nyabobɔgʋ Autonym
A language of Côte d’Ivoire
- ISO 639
- nwb
- Alternate Names
- Niaboua, Nyaboa, Nyabobɔgo, Nyabwa-Nyédébwa, “Bété” (pej.)
- Autonym
- Nyabobɔgʋ
- Population
- 72,000 (Leclerc 2017c).
- Location:
- Bas-Sassandra district: northwest; Sassandra-Marahoué district: Vavoua subprefecture, Kouya canton; Buyo, Daloua, Issia, Vavoua (Nyedebwa), and Zoukougbeu (Nyabwa) subprefectures, 12 southwest villages; all in Lake Buyo area.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kru, Western, Wee, Nyabwa
- Dialects
- Nyabwa, Nyedebwa (Niédéboua), Kouzii (Kouzié). Lexical similarity: 90% with Nyabwa and Nyedebwa dialects, 74%–80% between them and Wè Southern [gxx] and Wè Northern [wob].
- Typology
- Whistle speech reported.
- Language Use
- Also use French [fra]. Also use Jula [dyu]. Also use Wè Northern [wob]. Also use Wè Southern [gxx].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. NT: 1991.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Nyabwa
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian, traditional religion.
Also Spoken in
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Location: Bas-Sassandra district: northwest; Sassandra-Marahoué district: Vavoua subprefecture, Kouya canton; Buyo, Daloua, Issia, Vavoua (Nyedebwa), and Zoukougbeu (Nyabwa) subprefectures, 12 southwest villages; all in Lake Buyo area.
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