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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Côte d’Ivoire > Senoufo, Shempire

Senoufo, Shempire

A language of Côte d’Ivoire

ISO 639-3seb

Population  100,000 (1996).
Region  North of Tingréla.
Language map  Côte d’Ivoire, reference number 55
Alternate names   Shenpire, Syempire
Dialects  3 or 4 dialects. Relationship to Supyire Senoufo [spp] in Mali is undetermined.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Senufo, Suppire-Mamara
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 0%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%.