Nyabwa language

The Nyabwa (Niaboua, Niédéboua, Nyaboa, Nyabwa-Nyédébwa, Nyedebwa or Nyaboa)^[2] language is a Kru language spoken in Ivory Coast. It is part of the Wee dialect continuum.

Nyabwa
Native to	Ivory Coast
Native speakers	72,000 (2017)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kru Western Kru Wee Nyabwa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nwb
Glottolog	nyab1255

Writing system

Nyabwa alphabet

a

b

bh

c

d

e

ɛ

f

g

gb

gw

i

ɩ

j

k

kp

kw

l

m

n

ng

ny

o

ɔ

p

r

s

t

u

ʋ

v

w

y

z

Nasalisation is indicated by a tilde on the vowel. Tones are indicated by following signs: Very high tone is indicated by a double apostrophe ‹ ˮ › ; High tone is indicated by an apostrophe ‹ ʼ › ; Mid-tone is indicated by no diacritic; Low tone is indicated by a hyphen ‹ ˗ ›.