Wané language

Wané
Region Ivory Coast
Native speakers
2,100 (1993)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 hwa
Glottolog wane1242[2]

Wané (Hwané, Ngwané) is a minor Kru language of Ivory Coast. It is not close enough to its nearest relative, Bakwé, to be readily intelligible, though some young Wané speak that language.

References

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


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