Gagu language

Gagu
Gban
Region Ivory Coast
Native speakers
 60,000  (2012)[1]
Niger–Congo

  • Mande

    • Eastern Mande
      • Southeastern
        • Nwa–Beng
          • Gban–Beng
            • Gagu
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ggu
Glottolog gagu1242[2]

Gagu (Gagou), or Gban, is a Mande language of Ivory Coast. Dialects are N’da, Bokwa, Bokabo, Tuka. Gagu is also a term used to describe the people of Ivory Coast. Gagu is a language extremely close to becoming extinct.

There is also a South-African song named Gagu by Ma Willies that refers to this word. Gagu (YouTube link to song)

References

  1. ↑ Gagu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Gagu". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.