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Goo language

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Goo
gʋ̏ʋ̏[1]
RegionIvory Coast
Native speakers
8,000 (2021)[2]
Niger–Congo
  • Mande
    • Eastern Mande
      • Southeastern
        • Mano–Dan
          • Guro–Dan
            • Tura–Dan
              • Goo
Language codes
ISO 639-3gov
Glottologgooa1234

Goo is a recently discovered[timeframe?] Mande language of Ivory Coast. It is close to Dan and Tura, but intelligible with neither.[3] It is spoken in 10 villages.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Vydrin, Valentin (1 December 2013). "Goo : présentation d'une langue" (PDF). Mandenkan (in French) (50): 171. doi:10.4000/mandenkan.293. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. ^ Goo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  3. ^ a b Valentin Vydrin (2013) Goo, an unknown language of Côte d'Ivoire Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine