ISO 639-3 · bcibci
Niger–Congo family
Baoulé
Baoulé is a language of the Central Tano branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Ivory Coast and Ghana. Wikidata counts about 2.1 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “language spoken in central and southern Ivory Coast”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bci- Glottocode
baou1238- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 25 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
7levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Baoulé |
|---|---|
| Also called | Baoule, Baule, Bawule, bci |
| All speakers | 2,100,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Baoulé
The branches above Baoulé, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Ivory Coast
fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalnqoN'KoNiger–Congo · 27 m9 · Second language onlybamBambaraNiger–Congo · 4.2 m4 · EducationalmyqManinkaNiger–Congo · 3.3 mdyuDyulaNiger–Congo · 2.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationmnkMandinkaNiger–Congo · 1.4 m5 · DevelopingsnkSoninkeNiger–Congo · 1.1 m5 · DevelopinglobLobiNiger–Congo · 440,0005 · DevelopingadjAdjukruNiger–Congo · 100,0005 · DevelopingabuAbureNiger–Congo · 93,0006a · Vigorous