Dan language

Dan
Yacouba
Spoken in	Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, and Liberia.
Native speakers	ca. 980,000  (1993)
Language family	Niger–Congo ? Mande Eastern Mande Southeastern Mano–Dan Guro–Dan Tura–Dan Dan
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	daf
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Dan is a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoire (~800,000 speakers) and Liberia (150,800–200,000 speakers). 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.

Alternative names for the language include Yacouba or Yakubasa, Gio, Gyo, Gio-Dan, and Da. Dialects are Gweetaawu (Eastern Dan) and Blowo (Western Dan).

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Close-mid	e	ɘ	o
Open-mid	ɛ	ɜ	ɔ
Open		a

External links

• Ethnologue report for language code:daf