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Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
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8,000

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5,000 in Côte d’Ivoire (Vanderaa 1991). Population total all countries: 8,000.

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso

Coordinates

9.874158, -3.894859; 9.880923, -3.986870

Location description

Southwest, near Côte d’Ivoire border, Comoé Province, Mangodara Prefecture. 25 villages [in Burkina Faso].

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Southwest, near Côte d’Ivoire border, Comoé Province, Mangodara Prefecture. 25 villages [in Burkina Faso].

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Jula

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The people in Dabokiri village have shifted to Jula. Also use Jula [dyu].

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Year of info

1994

Location and Context

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Burkina Faso

Coordinates

9.771318, -4.364525

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"Le khi (khi-sɛ ou khi-sa est le nom de la langue; khi-ra sg., khi-pɛ ou khi-pa pl. est le nom du population) est reconnu généralement sous l'appellation 'vrai Komono'."

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Native Speakers Worldwide

~3,000

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All (Jula); many are multilingual

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Year of info

2000

Location and Context

Countries

Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire

Coordinates

9.825786, -4.268188

Location description

"Southernmost corner of the Comoë Province in about ten villages between Mangodara on the north and Massadéhirikoro on the south."

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"Southernmost corner of the Comoë Province in about ten villages between Mangodara on the north and Massadéhirikoro on the south."

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Other languages used

Jula, Lobi, Dogose, Kaansa

Domains of other languages

With neighboring groups; school; government; trade

More on context

"Reports gathered during my visit in 1988 indicate that all Khi speak Jula, and that at least one village (Dabokiri) has shifted from using Khisa to Jula."

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