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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Côte d’Ivoire > Kulango, Bouna

Kulango, Bouna

A language of Côte d’Ivoire

ISO 639-3nku

Population  142,000 in Côte d’Ivoire (1993). Population total all countries: 157,500.
Region  Eastern Department, Nassian Subprefecture. Also in Ghana.
Language map  Côte d’Ivoire, reference number 18
Alternate names   Koulango, Kulange, Nkuraeng, Nkurange
Dialects  Nabanj. Bouna dialect speakers understand Bondoukou, but not the reverse.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Kulango
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.

Also spoken in:

Ghana

Language name   Kulango, Bouna
Population  15,500 in Ghana (1991).
Region  West central border area.
Alternate names  Bouna Koulango, Buna Kulango, Nkuraeng
Dialects  Sekwa, Nabanj.
Comments  Traditional religion.