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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Côte d’Ivoire > Aizi, Mobumrin

Aizi, Mobumrin

A language of Côte d’Ivoire

ISO 639-3: ahm

Population  2,000 (1999 SIL).
Region  Southern Department, Jacqueville Subprefecture, Ebrié Lagoon north bank. 2 villages (Abraco and Abraniamiambo).
Language map  Côte d’Ivoire, reference number 46
Alternate names   Ahizi
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  Speakers are ‘Mouin’. Their self-name is ‘Frukpu’. Adioukrou say ‘Ed-eyng’; the Alladian ‘Ezibo’ to refer to all Aizi groups. 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."  Available online