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Nyabwa

A language of Côte d’Ivoire

ISO 639-3: nwb

Population	42,700 (1993 SIL). 32,500 Nyabwa, 7,700 Nyedebwa, 2,500 Kouzié.
Region	West Central Department, northwest corner, Vavoua (Nyedebwa), Issia, Buyo, Zoukougbeu (Nyabwa), Daloua subprefectures.
Language map	Côte d’Ivoire, reference number 49
Alternate names	Niaboua, Nyaboa, Nyabwa-Nyédébwa
Dialects	Nyabwa, Nyedebwa (Niédéboua). Lexical similarity: 90% between the Nyabwa and Nyedebwa dialects, 74%–80% between them and We Southern [gxx] and We Northern [wob].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kru, Western, Wee, Nyabwa
Language use	Also use French, Jula [dyu], We Southern, We Northern, or Nde-Gbite [ned].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. NT: 1991.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	They do not want to be called ‘Bété’. Kouzii is an ethnic subgroup of Nyabwa, not a dialect. Whistle speech reported. Christian, traditional religion, Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BENTINCK, Julie, author. 1975. "Le niaboua, langue sans consonnes nasales?."

BENTINCK, Julie, author. 1978. Étude phonologique de niaboua.

BENTINCK, Julie, author. 1979. "Les propositions séquentielles en niaboua—propositions dépendantes ou indépendantes?."

BENTINCK, Julie, author. 1979. "Un suffixe mystérieux en niaboua."

BENTINCK, Julie, author. 1981. "Contes nyaboua."

BENTINCK, Julie, author. 1981. "Proverbes nyaboua."

BENTINCK, Julie, author. 1995. "A comparison of certain discourse features in biblical Hebrew and Nyaboa and their implications for the translation process."

EDWARDS, Elizabeth, author. 1989. The birth of the Niaboua newspaper.

Vernacular Publications

"Nnɩ 5. 1989.

-A ʼke zrɛzɛɛ ʼcɩan. 1980.

-A zrɛ nyabobɔgo. 1976.

-A zrɛ nyabobɔgʋ (Lisons le niaboua 1). 1983.

-A zrɛ nyabobɔgʋ (Lisons le niaboua 2). 1984.

-Bɛnyɩdɩ (Contes niaboua 2). 1983.

-Bɛnyɩdɩ (Contes niaboua 3). 1983.

-Bɛnyɩdɩ (Contes niaboua 4). 1984.

-Bɛnyɩdɩ. 1982.

-Bobhladɩ 1. 1990.

Gɔʼɔ limumudɩ 1. 1990.

Nnɩ 2 (Conte de Bassaraguhé). 1985.

Nnɩ 3 (Conte de Débo). 1985.

Nnɩ 4 (Conte de Détroya). 1985.

Nyaboʼa -gbɔtʋ 1. 1990.