Bété languages

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The Bété languages are spoken in south-eastern Côte d'Ivoire. There are many dialects but they can be grouped as follows

• Western
  • Bété of Gagnoa
  • Kouya
• Eastern
  • Bété of Guiberoua
  • Bété of Daloa
  • Godié

They belong to the Kru language family.

[edit] External links

• Ethnologue listing of Bété Languages
• Bété language puzzle
• Paper on Kouya Social Organization
• Paper on Kouya Funerals
• Ethnologue Entry for Kouya

[edit] References

• Zogbo, Raymond Gnoléba Parlons bété: Une langue de Côte d'Ivoire (L'Harmattan) 2004
• Lowe, Ivan, Edwin Arthur, and Philip Saunders. 2003. "Eventirity 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.
• Sɔkɔwɛlɩɩ ʼwʋzɛlɩ -sɛbhɛ (Syllabaire sokuya). 1995. Abidjan: Société Internationale de Linguistique.