Abé

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A language of Côte d’Ivoire

ISO 639-3
aba
Alternate Names
Abbey, Abbé, Abi
User Population

268,000 (Leclerc 2017c).

Location

Lacs district: Bongouanou subprefecture; Lagunes district: Agboville subprefecture (except Krobou canton), Tiassale subprefecture, Abbe canton, 70 villages.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kwa, Nyo, Agneby
Dialects

Tioffo, Morie, Abbey-Ve, Kos (Khos).

Typology

SVO; postpositions; tonal.

Language Use

Used by all. Also use French [fra]. Used as L2 by Attié [ati], Krobu [kxb].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Grammar. Bible portions: 1967–1980.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Abé
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.