Abé language

Abé
Region	Ivory Coast
Ethnicity	Abbé
Native speakers	170,000 (1995)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Kwa Abé
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`aba`
Glottolog	`abee1242`^[2]

Abé (also spelled Abbé, Abbey, Abi) is a language of uncertain classification within the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo family. It is spoken in Ivory Coast.

The dialects of Abé are Tioffo, Morie, Abbey-Ve, and Kos

In 1995 there were estimated to be 170,000 speakers, primarily in the Department of Agboville.

References

↑ Abé at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Abe". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

External links

Abé language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator

Abé basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database

Languages of Ivory Coast

Official language

French

Indigenous
languages

Kru	Aizi Bakwé Bété Dida Glio-Ubi Godié Guéré Konobo Kuya Kwadia Mobu Nyabwa Neyo Siamou Tiagba Wané Wobé

Kwa	Abé Abidji Abure Adjukru Alladian Anyin Apro Attié Avikam Baoulé Ebrié Eotile Esuma Krobu Mbato Nzema

Mande	Bambara Dan Dyula Guro Maninka Soninke

Senufo	Cebaara Djimini Kar Palaka Sénoufo Tagwana

Gur	Cerma Lobi Mossi

Other	Hausa Lomakka

Kwa languages

Potou–Tano

Central Tano	Ahanta Akan Abron Fanti Twi Anyin Baoulé Chakosi Jwira-Pepesa Nzema Sefwi

Guang	Cherepon Chumburung Dwang Efutu Foodo Gua Kyode Larteh Ginyanga Gonja Kplang Krache Nawuri Nchumbulu Nkami Nkonya Ntrapo

Others	Abure Ebrié Eotile Krobu Mbato

Ghana–Togo

Na-Togo	Adele Basila Lelemi Likpe Logba Santrokofi Siwu

Ka-Togo	Ahlo Akebu Animere Avatime Bowili Kposo Nyangbo-Tafi

Ga–Dangme

Ga
Adangme

Lagoon

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