Wè Northern

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A language of Côte d’Ivoire

ISO 639-3
wob
Alternate Names
Ouobe, Wèè, Wobé
Population

156,000 (1993 SIL).

Location

18 Montagnes Region, Kouibly and Fakobly subprefectures.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kru, Western, Wee, Wobe
Dialects

Péomé, Sémien (Gbéan), Tao. 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].

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.
Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion, Muslim.