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Mahou

A language of Côte d’Ivoire

ISO 639-3: mxx

Population	169,000 (1993 SIL).
Region	Northwest region, Touba Department.
Language map	Côte d’Ivoire, reference number 43
Alternate names	Mahu, Maou, Mau, Mauka, Mauke
Dialects	Mahouka, Koroka, Tenenga, Finanga, Baralaka (Barala). Some listed dialect speakers may not be able to use Mahou literature. Barala may be dialect of Wojenaka [jod].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Mande, Western, Central-Southwestern, Central, Manding-Jogo, Manding-Vai, Manding-Mokole, Manding, Manding-East, Southeastern Manding, Maninka-Mori
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%.
Comments	Muslim, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

AUGUSTIN, MaryAnne; BOLING, Mike; BOONE, Douglas W.; SILUÉ, Lamine, authors. 1999. "Enquette sur les dialectes Mande Nord de Côte d’Ivoire."

AUGUSTIN, MaryAnne; BOLING, Mike; BOONE, Douglas W.; SILUÉ, Lamine, authors. 2007. "Enquête Sociolinguistique en Langues Manding."  

SULLIVAN, Terrence D., author. 2004. "A preliminary report of existing information on the Manding languages of West Africa: summary and suggestions for future research."  

Vernacular Publications

Maukakanŋ abɛcede o. 1998.