The Bété languages are a language cluster of Kru languages spoken in central-western Ivory Coast.[1][2] There are many dialects but they can be grouped as follows:

• Western
  • Bété of Gagnoa
  • Kouya
• Eastern
  • Bété of Guiberoua
  • Bété of Daloa
  • 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

• Bété syllabary
• Frédéric Bruly Bouabré

References

External links

• Bété language puzzle
• Paper on Kouya Social Organization
• Paper on Kouya Funerals

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[de] Bété (Sprache)

[fr] Bété (langue)

[ru] Бете (языки)