Aizi languages

The Aizi (Aïzi, Ahizi, Ezibo) speak three languages around Ébrié Lagoon in Ivory Coast.

Aïzi
Ahizi
Geographic
distribution
Ivory Coast
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Subdivisions
  • Lélé (Tiagba)
  • Mobu
Glottologaizi1248

Two of the languages are Kru. They are divergent enough for intelligibility to be difficult:

  • Lélé (Lélémrin), also known as Tiagba (Tiagbamrin) after its principal town
  • Mobu (Mobumrin)

It was long assumed that the third ethnically Aizi language, Apro ("Aproumu"), was Kru as well. However, now that it has been documented, Apro is classified as a Kwa language.

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