Languages of Côte d'Ivoire
Encyclopedia
Major languages of Côte d'Ivoire
(Ivory Coast) include Baoulé
, Dan
, and Dioula
. The official language is French
, which was the colonial language.
Ethnologue lists 78 living languages including the above. Others with large numbers of speakers include Anyin
, which is closely related to Baoulé, and Senufo. Dioula ie=CI Ethnologue Listing of Ivoirian Languages]
Côte d'Ivoire
The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...
(Ivory Coast) include Baoulé
Baoulé language
Baoulé is a Central Tano language spoken in Ivory Coast.The Baoule are an Akan people of the central region of Ivory Coast. Baoule-speaking areas include Bouaké, Yamoussoukro, Bouaflé, Béoumi, Sakassou, Toumodi, Dimbokro, M'Bahiakro, Tiassalé....
, Dan
Dan language
Dan is a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia . There is also a population of about 800 speakers in Guinea. Dan is a tonal language, with three main tones and two glide/contour tones....
, and Dioula
Dioula language
Jula is a Mande language spoken in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Mali. It is one of the Manding languages, and is most closely related to Bambara, being mutually intelligible with Bambara as well as Malinke. It is a trade language in West Africa and is spoken by millions of people, either as a...
. The official language is French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, which was the colonial language.
Ethnologue lists 78 living languages including the above. Others with large numbers of speakers include Anyin
Anyin language
The Anyin language is spoken principally in Côte d'Ivoire and in Ghana. It is an Akan language member of the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo family of languages...
, which is closely related to Baoulé, and Senufo. Dioula ie=CI Ethnologue Listing of Ivoirian Languages]
See also
- African FrenchAfrican FrenchAfrican French is the generic name of the varieties of French spoken by an estimated 115 million African people spread across 31 francophone African countries...