Bété, Guiberoua

A language of Côte d’Ivoire

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Central Bété, Western Bété

Population

130,000 (1993 SIL).

Location

Haut-Sassandra Region, Daloua, Issia, and Guiberoua subprefectures; Bas-Sassandra Region, Soubre, Buyo, Gregbeu, and Ouaragahio subprefectures.

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Guiberoua, Soubré. Most similar to Godié [god].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Grammar. NT: 1982.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.

Other Comments

Different from Bete [byf] of Nigeria. Christian, traditional religion, Muslim.