The Bété languages are a
language cluster
A dialect continuum or dialect chain is a series of language varieties spoken across some geographical area such that neighboring varieties are mutually intelligible, but the differences accumulate over distance so that widely separated varie ...
of
Kru languages
The Kru languages are spoken by the Kru people from the southeast of Liberia to the west of Ivory Coast.
Classification
According to Güldemann (2018), Kru lacks sufficient lexical resemblances and noun class resemblances to conclude a relati ...
spoken in central-western
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
.
There are many dialects but they can be grouped as follows:
*Western
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Bété of Gagnoa Bété may refer to:
*Bété people
The Bété are an Ivory Coast group with strong cultural and artistic links to the Dan, the We ( Gwere) and the Guro, among others. The Bete together with many other ethnolinguistic groups makeup the Kru ethn ...
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Kouya
*Eastern
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Bété of Guiberoua Bété may refer to:
*Bété people
The Bété are an Ivory Coast group with strong cultural and artistic links to the Dan, the We ( Gwere) and the Guro, among others. The Bete together with many other ethnolinguistic groups makeup the Kru ethn ...
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Bété of Daloa Bété may refer to:
*Bété people
The Bété are an Ivory Coast group with strong cultural and artistic links to the Dan, the We ( Gwere) and the Guro, among others. The Bete together with many other ethnolinguistic groups makeup the Kru ethn ...
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Godié
Bibliography
* Zogbo, Raymond Gnoléba ''Parlons bété: Une langue de Côte d'Ivoire'' (L'Harmattan) 2004
* Zogbo, Raymond Gnoléba, ''Dictionnaire bété-français'', Abidjan : Éditions du CERAP, 2005.
* Lowe, Ivan, Edwin Arthur, and Philip Saunders. 2003. "Eventivity 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.
* Arthur Eddie & Sue, Saunders Philip & Heather. 1995 ''Sɔkɔwɛlɩɩ ʼwʋzɛlɩ -sɛbhɛ (Syllabaire sokuya)''. Abidjan: Société Internationale de Linguistique.
See also
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Bété syllabary
The Bété syllabary was created for the Bété language of Ivory Coast (in West Africa) in the 1950s by artist Frédéric Bruly Bouabré.
It consists of about 440 pictographic characters, which represent scenes from life and stand for syllables ...
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Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, also known as Cheik Nadro (11 March 1923 – 28 January 2014), was an Ivorian artist.
Life and career
Bouabré was born in Zépréguhé, Ivory Coast, and was among the first Ivorians to be educated by the French colo ...
References
External links
Bété language puzzlePaper on Kouya Social OrganizationPaper on Kouya Funerals
Kru languages
Languages of Ivory Coast
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