Côte d’Ivoire

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Official Name
Republic of Cote d’Ivoire
Population Full

25,823,000 (2019 census)

Principal Languages
French
Literacy Rate
47% (2018 UNESCO)
International Conventions
ACHPR (1992), CDE (1999), CPPDCE (2007), CSICH (2006), ICCPR (1992), UNCRPD (2014)
General References
Institut de Linguistique Appliquée 1983, Bendor-Samuel and Hartell 1989, Delafosse 1904
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Côte d’Ivoire is 89. Of these, 88 are living and 1 is extinct. Of the living languages, 76 are indigenous and 12 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 3 are institutional, 35 are developing, 35 are vigorous, 11 are in trouble, and 4 are dying. Also listed are 5 unestablished languages.