Wané language

Wané
Region	Ivory Coast
Native speakers	2,100 (1993)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Kru Eastern Bakwe–Wane Wané
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`hwa`
Glottolog	`wane1242`^[2]

Wané (Hwané, Ngwané) is a minor Kru language of Ivory Coast. It is not close enough to its nearest relative, Bakwé, to be readily intelligible, though some young Wané speak that language.

References

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

Kru languages

Eastern

Western

Grebo	Grebo Jabo Krumen Glio-Oubi

Wee	Daho-Doo Glaro-Twabo Sapo Wè Krahn Nyabwa Konobo Wobe

Others	Bassa Dewoin Gbii Klao Tajuasohn

Others

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