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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Côte d’Ivoire > Bété, Gagnoa

Bété, Gagnoa

A language of Côte d’Ivoire

ISO 639-3btg

Population  150,000 (1989 SIL).
Region  Gagnoa Subprefecture.
Language map  Côte d’Ivoire, reference number 27
Alternate names   Eastern Bété, Gagnoua-Bété, Shyen
Dialects  Nekedi, Zadie, Niabre, Kpakolo, Zebie, Guebie, Gbadi (Gbadie, Badie).
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kru, Eastern, Bete, Eastern
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%.
Comments  Christian, traditional religion, Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

EGNER, Inge, author. 2003. "Applicative marking in Kru."