Eotile language

Not to be confused with Beti language.

Eotile
Beti
Native to	Ivory Coast
Ethnicity	3,180 (1988 census)^[1]
Native speakers	200 (1999)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Kwa Potou–Tano Tano West Eotile
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`eot`
Glottolog	`beti1248`^[2]

Eotile, or Beti, is a nearly extinct Tano language of Ivory Coast. Speakers are shifting to Anyin, with remaining Eotile speakers heavily influenced by that language. The last speaker of "pure" Eotile is reported to have died in 1993.

References

1 2 Eotile at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Beti (Cote d'Ivoire)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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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