Bété languages
| Bete | |
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| Beteic | |
| Ethnicity: | Bété people |
| Geographic distribution: | Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Burkina Faso |
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| Glottolog: | bete1265[1] |
The Bété languages are spoken in central-western 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.
Footnotes
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.