Toura

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A language of Côte d’Ivoire

ISO 639-3
neb
Alternate Names
Tura, Ween
Autonym
Wɛɛn
User Population

67,000 (Leclerc 2017c).

Location

Montagnes district: east Biankouma department, mountainous region east of Man to Touba main road, north of Man to Séguéla main road, north of Bafing river; Bafing and Sassandra rivers from north and east borders.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Mande, Eastern, Southeastern, Guro-Tura, Tura-Dan-Mano, Tura-Dan
Dialects

Naò, Boo, Yiligele, Gwéò, Wáádú. Probably most similar to Dan [dnj]. Reportedly also similar to Guro [goa], Gban [ggu], and Maan [mev] (in Liberia).

Language Use

Also use Dan [dnj]. Also use French [fra]. Also use Jula [dyu]. Also use Wè Northern [wob].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. NT: 1986–2005.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Toura
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.