Lorhon language

Lorhon
Téén
Region	Ivory Coast, Burkina
Ethnicity	Ténbó
Native speakers	unknown (8,000 cited 1991–1999)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Kulango–Lorhon Lorhon
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`lor`
Glottolog	`teen1242`^[2]

Person	Ténsé
People	Ténbó
Language	Téén

Lorhon, or Teen, is a Niger–Congo language of Ivory Coast and across the border in Burkina Faso.

As with Doghose, there are spelling variants to accommodate the sound [ɣ]: Loghon, Lorhon, Loron. Other names are Nabe, Tegesie, Ténhé, and Tuni.

References

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

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