Jeri language

Jeri
Region	Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
Ethnicity	20,000 (1990)^[1]
Native speakers	unknown (2,000 cited 1990–1995)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Mande Western Central Manding–Jɔgɔ Jɔgɔ–Jeri Jeri
Dialects	Jeri Kuo Jalkunan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `jek` – Jeri Kuo `bxl` – Jalkunan
Glottolog	`jeri1241`^[2]

Jeri is a Mande language of Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. The dialect in Burkina is Jalkunan (Blé, Dyala, Dyalanu, Jalanu), and that of Ivory Coast Jeri Kuo (Celle, Jeli Kuo). The language is endangered, with 90% of ethnic Jeri having shifted to regionally dominant languages.

References

1 2 Jeri Kuo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Jalkunan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Jeri". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Mande languages

East Mande
(Dan–Busa)

Southeast	Beng Dan Gban Goo Guro Mano Mwa Tura Wan Yaure

Bisa–Busa	Bissa Boko Busa Tyenga Samo Shanga

Central West Mande
(Manding–Kpelle)

Jogo languages	Ligbi Tonjon

Manding languages	Bambara Bolon Dyula Jahanka Kassonke Mandinka Maninka Kita Marka Sininkere

Mokole languages	Kakabe Kuranko Lele Mixifore

Southwest Mande	Bandi Kpelle Loko Loma Mende Zialo

Other Central	Jeri Kono Susu Vai Yalunka

Northwest Mande
(Samogo–Soninke)

Samogo languages	Banka Duun Seenku

Other Northwest	Bobo Bozo Jowulu Soninke

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