ISO 639-3 · abrabr
Niger–Congo family
Bono
twi
Bono is a language of the Central Tano branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Ivory Coast and Ghana. Wikidata counts about 3 m speakers (2022). Wikidata describes it as “Dialect of Akan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
abr- Glottocode
abro1238- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 26 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
7levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Bono · twi |
|---|---|
| Also called | Bono Twi, Bono dialect, Abron, Brong, abr |
| All speakers | 3,000,000 (2022) |
| 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 Bono
The branches above Bono, 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