Bété languages

Bété languages

The Bété languages are spoken in south-eastern Côte d'Ivoire. There are many dialects but they can be grouped as follows

*Western
**Bété of Gagnoa
**Kouya
*Eastern
**Bété of Guiberoua
**Bété of Daloa
**Godié

They belong to the Kru language family.

References

* Zogbo, Raymond Gnoléba "Parlons bété": Une langue de Côte d'Ivoire (L'Harmattan) 2004
* Lowe, Ivan, Edwin Arthur, and Philip Saunders. 2003. "Eventirity in Kouya." In Mary Ruth Wise, Thomas N. Headland and Ruth M. Brend (eds.), Language and life: essays in memory of Kenneth L. Pike , 429-448. SIL International and The University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, 139. Dallas: SIL International and University of Texas at Arlington.
* Saunders, Philip and Eddie Arthur. 1996. Lexique sokuya, sokuya - français, français - sokuya. Abidjan/Vavoua: Projet Linguistique Sokuya. iv, 80 p.
* Sɔkɔwɛlɩɩ ʼwʋzɛlɩ -sɛbhɛ (Syllabaire sokuya). 1995. Abidjan: Société Internationale de Linguistique.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=92079 Ethnologue listing of Bété Languages]
* [http://www.shaddick.net/oldsite/baffle.htm Bété language puzzle]
* [http://www.kouya.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/kysocorg.pdf Paper on Kouya Social Organization]
* [http://www.kouya.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/ethinfoc.pdf Paper on Kouya Funerals]
* [https://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kyf Ethnologue Entry for Kouya]


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