Abé language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Abé |
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| Region | Ivory Coast |
| Ethnicity | Abbé |
| Native speakers | (170,000 cited 1995)e18 |
| Language family |
Niger–Congo
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| Writing system | Latin |
Abé is a language spoken by people in a country called Côte d'Ivoire, also known as Ivory Coast. You might also see its name spelled as Abbé, Abbey, or Abi. In 1995, about 170,000 people spoke Abé. Most of these speakers lived in an area called the Department of Agboville.
What is the Abé Language?
The Abé language is part of a larger group of languages called the Niger-Congo language family. Think of a language family like a big family tree, where different languages are related to each other.
Abé's Language Family and Dialects
Abé belongs to the Niger-Congo family, which includes many languages spoken across Africa. Within the Abé language itself, there are four main ways people speak it, which are called dialects. These dialects are like different versions of the same language. The four dialects of Abé are Tioffo, Morie, Abbey-Ve, and Kos.
