Tagwana language

Tagwana
Tagbana
Native to	Ivory Coast
Region	Central Department
Native speakers	140,000 (1993)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Senufo Tagwana–Djimini Tagwana
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`tgw`
Glottolog	`tagw1240`^[2]

Tagwana (Tagbana) is a southern Senufo of Ivory Coast. It is closely related to Djimini.

References

↑ Tagwana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Tagwana Senoufo". 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

Senufo languages

Northern	Mamara Nanerige Sucite Supyire

Central	Cebaara Kar Nyarafolo Kpalaga Senara Syer-Tenyer

Southern	Djimini Nafaanra Tagwana

Authority control	LCCN: sh85131906

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