WOB ISO 639-3
Wè Northern
Wɛɛ Autonym
A language of Côte d’Ivoire
- ISO 639
- wob
- Alternate Names
- Ouobe, Wobé, Wèè, Wê
- Autonym
- Wɛɛ
- Population
- 265,000 (Leclerc 2017c).
- Location:
- Montagnes district: Fakobly and Kouibly subprefectures.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kru, Western, Wee, Wobe
- Dialects
- Tao, Péomé, Sémien (Gbéan). Kouibly dialect intelligible to about half of Wè Southern [gxx] speakers. Lexical similarity: 90%–94% among dialects, Kouibly dialect (Tao and Gbean) has 84%–89% lexical similarity with Wè Southern dialects.
- Typology
- Whistle speech reported.
- Language Use
- Also use French [fra]. Used as L2 by Nyabwa [nwb], Toura [neb].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Grammar. NT: 1984–2010.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Wè Northern
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian, traditional religion.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Montagnes district: Fakobly and Kouibly subprefectures.
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