The Aizi (Aïzi, Ahizi, Ezibo) speak three languages around
Ébrié Lagoon
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in Ivory Coast.
Two of the languages are
Kru
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. They are divergent enough for intelligibility to be difficult:
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Lélé ''(Lélémrin),'' also known as Tiagba ''(Tiagbamrin)'' after its principal town
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Mobu ''(Mobumrin)''
It was long assumed that the third ethnically Aizi language,
Apro ("Aproumu"), was Kru as well. However, now that it has been documented, Apro is classified as a
Kwa language.
[Douglas Boone, Silué Lamine, MaryAnne Augustin. "L'Utilisation du Français et de l'Adoukrou par les Aizi" (2002, Société Internationale de Linguistique, Côte d’Ivoire]
online
br>Ettien Koffi. ''Paradigm Shift in Language Planning and Policy: Game-Theoretic Solutions'' (2012, De Gruyter, pg. 152).
References
Kru languages
Languages of Ivory Coast
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