Kuya language

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Kuya
Region Ivory Coast
Native speakers
(10,100 cited 1993) [1]
Latin alphabet
Bété syllabary
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kyf
Glottolog kouy1238

Kuya (Kouya, Kowya) is a Kru language of Ivory Coast. The language was first put in written form in the 1980s.

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References

  1. Kuya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)