Ebrié

Primary tabs

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Cama, Caman, Kyama, Tchaman, Tsama, Tyama

Population

75,900 (1988 census).

Location

Lagunes and urban Abidjan districts, Dabou subprefecture, Bingerville subprefecture. 57 villages, including 27 in Abidjan.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Not related to surrounding languages.

Language Use

Also use French [fra]. Used as L2 by Attié [ati], Beti [eot].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Radio programs. NT: 1998.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.