Bété languages
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The Bété languages are spoken in south-eastern Côte d'Ivoire. There are many dialects but they can be grouped as follows
- Western
- Bété of Gagnoa
- Kouya
- Eastern
- Bété of Guiberoua
- Bété of Daloa
- Godié
They belong to the Kru language family.
[edit] External links
- Ethnologue listing of Bété Languages
- Bété language puzzle
- Paper on Kouya Social Organization
- Paper on Kouya Funerals
- Ethnologue Entry for Kouya
[edit] References
- Zogbo, Raymond Gnoléba Parlons bété: Une langue de Côte d'Ivoire (L'Harmattan) 2004
- Lowe, Ivan, Edwin Arthur, and Philip Saunders. 2003. "Eventirity 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.
- Sɔkɔwɛlɩɩ ʼwʋzɛlɩ -sɛbhɛ (Syllabaire sokuya). 1995. Abidjan: Société Internationale de Linguistique.
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