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
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Esuma". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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