Ethnicity 20,000 (1990) | Dialects Jeri Kuo
Jalkunan | |
Region Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso Native speakers (2,000 cited 1990–1995) Language family Niger–Congo
Mande
Western
Central
Manding–Jɔgɔ
Jɔgɔ–Jeri
Jeri ISO 639-3 Either:
jek – Jeri Kuo
bxl – Jalkunan | ||
Jeri is a Mande language of Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. The dialect in Burkina is Jalkunan (Blé, Dyala, Dyalanu, Jalanu), and that of Ivory Coast Jeri Kuo (Celle, Jeli Kuo). The language is endangered, with 90% of ethnic Jeri having shifted to regionally dominant languages.
References
Jeri language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA