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Yaouré

A language of Côte d’Ivoire

ISO 639-3: yre

Population	24,600 (Vanderaa 1991). 13,000 in villages, 7,000 in cities (1982 SIL).
Region	Bouaflé Department, Bouafli Subprefecture, Yaoure Canton, bounded south by Red Bandama, east by White Bandama River, north by Lake Kossou, west by Bouaflé.
Language map	Côte d’Ivoire, reference number 70
Alternate names	Yaure, Yohowré, Youré
Dialects	Klan, Yaan, Taan, Yoo, Bhoo. Most similar to Guro [goa].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Mande, Eastern, Southeastern, Guro-Tura, Guro-Yaoure
Language use	Also use Guro, Baoulé [bci], or Jula [dyu].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 1999.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

EGNER, Inge, editor. 1992. Esquisses phonologiques de trois langues ivoiriennes: beng, dida, yaouré.

HOPKINS, Bradley L., author. 1982. "Étude tonologique du yaouré."

HOPKINS, Bradley L., author. 1987. Le système aspecto-modal du Yaouré.

HOPKINS, Elizabeth B., author. 1986. "Présentation et analyse d’un conte yaouré."

HOPKINS, Elizabeth B., author. 1986. "Pronouns and pronoun fusions in Yaouré."

HOPKINS, Elizabeth B., author. 1987. Aperçu sur le système pronominal du Yaouré (Mandé Sud): Les pronoms personnels.

LAUTENSCHLAGER, Frank, author. 1992. "Esquisse phonologique du yaoure parler de Zégata."

Vernacular Publications

-Kaa kuli -tan -cɛnun man -kaa ʼva ʼyilenun -a. 1995.

Min tidii ʼyile. 1993.

Tɩɩ Anɔnbei -le fiɛn. 1992.