Wè Southern

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A language of Côte d’Ivoire

ISO 639-3
gxx
Alternate Names
Central Guéré, Gere, Guéré, Wèè
User Population

422,000 (Leclerc 2017c).

Location

Bas-Sassandra district: Lake Buyo area; Montagnes district: Bangolo, Duékoué, Guiglo, and Tai subprefectures.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kru, Western, Wee, Guere-Krahn
Dialects

Zibiao, Zagne, Zagna, Beu (Zarabaon), Zaa (Zaha), Niao (Neabo, Neao, Niabo), Gboo (Gbobo), Fleo, Nyeo. Southern Wè has 7 more consonants than Northern Wè [wob].

Language Use

Also use French [fra]. Also use Jula [dyu]. Used as L2 by Daho-Doo [das], Nyabwa [nwb].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 25%–40%. Radio. TV. NT: 1982–2020.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Wè Southern
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Consider Wè one language with many dialects. They are one ethnic group, together with Krahn in Liberia. Christian, traditional religion.