Kulango language
| Kulango | |
|---|---|
| Nkuraeng | |
| Region | Ivory Coast, Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Kulango people |
Native speakers | unknown (130,000 cited 1991–2003)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Either: nku – Bouna kzc – Bondoukou |
| Glottolog |
kula1277[2] |
Kulango is a Niger–Congo language of Ivory Coast and across the border in Ghana. There are two principal varieties, distinct enough to be considered separate languages: the Kulango of Bondoukou (Bonduku), and that of Bouna (Buna). Ethnologue report Bouna-dialect speakers understand Bondoukou, but not the reverse. Bouna in addition has (sub)dialects Sekwa and Nabanj.
Variations of the name 'Kulango' include Koulango, Kolango, Kulange, Nkurange, Nkoramfo, Nkuraeng, and Kulamo; alternate names are Lorhon, Ngwela, and Babé.[3]
References
- ↑ Bouna at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Bondoukou at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kulango". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ James Stuart Olsen, The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary (Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996; ISBN 0313279187), p. 311.
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