Mwan

A language of Côte d’Ivoire

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Mona, Mouan, Muan, Muana, Mwa

Population

20,000 (2012 V. Vydrin).

Location

Worodougou Region, Kongasso subprefecture and south Mankono subprefecture.

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Language Use

Also use Jula [dyu] or Guro [goa]. Educated Mwan also use French [fra].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Grammar. NT: 2006.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian.