Dida | |
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Region | Ivory Coast |
Native speakers | (200,000 cited 1993)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:gud – Yocoboué Didadic – Lakota Didagie – Gaɓogbo |
Glottolog | dida1245 |
Dida is a dialect cluster of the Kru family spoken in Ivory Coast.
ISO divides Dida into three groups, Yocoboué (Yokubwe) Dida (101,600 speakers in 1993), Lakota Dida (93,800 speakers in 1993), and Gaɓogbo (Guébié/Gebye) which are only marginally mutually intelligible and best considered separate languages. Yocoboué consists of the Lozoua (Lozwa) and Divo dialects (7,100 and 94,500 speakers), and Lakota the Lakota (Lákota), Abou (Abu), and Vata dialects. The prestige dialect is the Lozoua speech of the town of Guitry.