Bété languages
| Bete | |
|---|---|
| Beteic | |
| Ethnicity | Bété people |
| Geographic distribution | Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigéria, Ghana |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo |
| Glottolog | bete1265[1] |
The Bété languages are spoken in central-western Ivory Coast. There are many dialects but they can be grouped as follows
- Western
- Eastern
They belong to the Kru language family.
Footnotes
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Beteic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
References
- Zogbo, Raymond Gnoléba Parlons bété: Une langue de Côte d'Ivoire (L'Harmattan) 2004
- Zogbo, Raymond Gnoléba, Dictionnaire bété-français, Abidjan : Éditions du CERAP, 2005.
- Lowe, Ivan, Edwin Arthur, and Philip Saunders. 2003. "Eventivity in Kouya." In Mary Ruth Wise, Thomas N. Headland and Ruth M. Brend (eds.), Language and life: essays in memory of Kenneth L. Pike, 429-448. SIL International and The University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, 139. Dallas: SIL International and University of Texas at Arlington.
- Saunders, Philip and Eddie Arthur. 1996. Lexique sokuya, sokuya–français, français–sokuya. Abidjan/Vavoua: Projet Linguistique Sokuya. iv, 80 p.
- Arthur Eddie & Sue, Saunders Philip & Heather. 1995 Sɔkɔwɛlɩɩ ʼWʋzɛlɩsɛbhɛ (Syllabaire sokuya). Abidjan: Société Internationale de Linguistique.
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