Apro language

Apro
Aproumu
Native to Ivory Coast
Ethnicity Aizi (Aproin)
Native speakers
6,500  (1999)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ahp
Glottolog apro1235[2]

Apro, also known as Aproumu, is a language spoken by the Aizi people of Ébrié Lagoon in Ivory Coast. Once assumed to be a Kru language like the other two Aizi languages, subsequent investigation has shown it to be Kwa.[3][4]

References

  1. Apro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Aproumu Aizi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Douglas Boone, Silué Lamine, MaryAnne Augustin. "L'Utilisation du Français et de l'Adoukrou par les Aizi" (2002, Société Internationale de Linguistique, Côte d’Ivoire) online
  4. Ettien Koffi. Paradigm Shift in Language Planning and Policy: Game-Theoretic Solutions (2012, De Gruyter, pg. 152)