NYABWA LANGUAGE

Nyabwa
Nyabwa
Native to	Ivory Coast
Native speakers	72,000 (2017)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kru Western Kru Wee Nyabwa; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nwb
Glottolog	nyab1255

The Nyabwa (Niaboua, Niédéboua, Nyaboa, Nyabwa-Nyédébwa, Nyedebwa or Nyaboa)^[2] language is a Kru language spoken in Ivory Coast. It is part of the Wee dialect continuum.

Writing system

Nyabwa alphabet
a	b	bh	c	d	e	ɛ	f	g	gb	gw	i	ɩ	j	k	kp	kw
l	m	n	ng	ny	o	ɔ	p	r	s	t	u	ʋ	v	w	y	z

Nasalisation is indicated by a tilde on the vowel. Tones are indicated by following signs: Very high tone is indicated by a double apostrophe ‹ ˮ › ; High tone is indicated by an apostrophe ‹ ʼ › ; Mid-tone is indicated by no diacritic; Low tone is indicated by a hyphen ‹ ˗ ›.

References

^ Nyabwa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ "OLAC resources in and about the Nyabwa language". 30 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.

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[e25-1] Nyabwa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[OLAC,_2019-2] "OLAC resources in and about the Nyabwa language". 30 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.

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