Wè Northern

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A language of Côte d’Ivoire

ISO 639-3
wob
Alternate Names
Ouobe, Wobé, Wèè
Population

156,000 (1993 SIL).

Location

Montagnes district: Fakobly and Kouibly subprefectures.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kru, Western, Wee, Wobe
Dialects

Tao, Péomé, Sémien (Gbéan). Kouibly dialect intelligible to about half of Wè Southern [gxx] speakers. Lexical similarity: 90%–94% among dialects, Kouibly dialect (Tao and Gbean) has 84%–89% lexical similarity with Wè Southern dialects.

Typology

Whistle speech reported.

Language Use

Also use French [fra]. Used as L2 by Nyabwa [nwb], Toura [neb].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Grammar. NT: 1984–2010.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Wè Northern
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.

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