The Bété languages are a
language cluster
A dialect is a variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standardized varieties as well as vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardized varieties, such as those used in developing countries or iso ...
of
Kru languages
The Kru languages are spoken by the Kru people from the southeast of Liberia to the west of Ivory Coast.
Classification
According to Güldemann (2018), Kru lacks sufficient lexical resemblances and noun class resemblances to conclude a relatio ...
spoken in central-western
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...
.
[Côte d’Ivoire in ] There are many dialects but they can be grouped as follows:
*Western
**Bété of Gagnoa
**
Kouya
*Eastern
**Bété of Guiberoua
**Bété of Daloa
**
Godié
Bibliography
* 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 ʼwʋzɛlɩ -sɛbhɛ (Syllabaire sokuya)''. Abidjan: Société Internationale de Linguistique.
See also
*
Bété syllabary
*
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
References
External links
Bété language puzzlePaper on Kouya Social OrganizationPaper on Kouya Funerals
Kru languages
Languages of Ivory Coast
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