Ethnologue

Ebrié

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Cama, Caman, Kyama, Tchaman, Tsama, Tyama

Population

152,000 (Leclerc 2017c).

Location

Urban Abidjan and Lagunes districts: Bingerville and Dabou subprefectures. 57 villages, with 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. NT: 1998.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.