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Mobu language

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Mobu
Ahizi
Mobumrin
Native toIvory Coast
EthnicityAizi (Mobuin)
Native speakers
(2,000 cited 1999)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ahm
Glottologmobu1235

The Mobu language, Mobumrin, is a Kru language spoken by ethnic Aizi (Ahizi) on the shores of Ébrié Lagoon in Ivory Coast. It is not intelligible with Lele (Tiagba), also spoken by Aizi at the lagoon.

The endonym is Mobuin, and the name for all Aizi is Frukpu.[2]

References

  1. ^ Mobu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Douglas Boone, Silué Lamine, MaryAnne Augustin. "L'Utilisation du Français et de l'Adoukrou par les Aizi" (2002, Société Internationale de Linguistique, Côte d’Ivoire) online