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Aizi, Tiagbamrin

A language of Côte d’Ivoire

ISO 639-3: ahi

Population	9,000 (1999 SIL).
Region	Southern Department, Jacqueville Subprefecture, Ebrié Lagoon banks, Tiagba, Nigui-Assoko, Nigui-Saff, Tiémié, and Attoutou B (old quarter) villages.
Language map	Côte d’Ivoire, reference number 60
Alternate names	Ahizi, Lélémrin, Tiagba
Dialects	Not intelligible with Mobumrin Aizi [ahm], even though both are Kru languages.
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kru, Aizi
Language use	Older adults also use Adioukrou [adj]. Young learn French in school.
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%.
Comments	Their name for the Aizi is ‘Prokpo’ (‘Krokpo’ in Tiagba town). ‘Tiagbamrin’ means ‘language of Tiagba’. Others speak ‘Lélémrin’. The Adioukrou say ‘Ed-eyng’ and the Alladian ‘Ezibo’ to refer to all the Aizi groups. Fishermen; fish merchants. Christian, Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Boone, Douglas, Lamine Silue and Mary Anne Augustin. 1999. "L'utilisation du français et de l'adioukrou par les Aïzi."

Boone, Douglas, Lamine Silué and Mary Anne Augustin. 2002. "L’Utilisation du Français et de l’Adioukrou par les Aizi."  

Marchese, Lynell and Ann Hook. 1983. "Enquete dialectale en pays aïzi."