Esuma language

Esuma
Native to	Ivory Coast
Extinct	ca. 1800^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Kwa (unclassified) Esuma
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`esm`
Linguist list	`esm`
Glottolog	`esum1241`^[2]

Esuma (Essouma) is an extinct language of uncertain classification within the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo family, once spoken in the villages of Assinie (Asini) and Mafia in Ivory Coast. The Esuma were vassals of the Sanwi capital Krinjabo, and shifted to the Anyin and Nzima languages.

References

↑ Esuma at MultiTree on the Linguist List
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Esuma". 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

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