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Name:
Esuma
Type:
Language
Alternate Name:
Essouma
Once Spoken in:
Côte d'Ivoire
Code:
esm
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Unclassified Kwa (unkw)
Brief Description:
Once spoken the two villages of Assinie and Mafia in the Southern Department, Essouma Canton of Adiake Subprefecture in Côte d'Ivoire. The ethnic group now speaks Anyin and Nzema. Until c. 1800 AD.
Linguist List Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Esuma
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