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Abé language

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Region
  
Ivory Coast

Native speakers
  
170,000 (1995)

Glottolog
  
abee1242

Ethnicity
  
Abbé

ISO 639-3
  
aba

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Kwa Abé

Abé (also spelled Abbé, Abbey, Abi) is a language of uncertain classification within the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo family. It is spoken in Ivory Coast.

The dialects of Abé are Tioffo, Morie, Abbey-Ve, and Kos

In 1995 there were estimated to be 170,000 speakers, primarily in the Department of Agboville.

References

Abé language Wikipedia