Anyi/Baule - Agni/Baoulé
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Categories: Languages, Côte d'Ivoire, SW Ghana
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- 1. Classification / Classification
- 2. Where Spoken / Localisation géographique
- 3. Number of Speakers / Nombre de locuteurs
- 4. Dialect Survey / Enquête de dialecte
- 5. Usage / Utilisation
- 6. Orthography / Orthographe
- 7. Use in ICT / Utilisation dans les TIC
- 8. Localisation resources / Ressources pour localisation
- 9. Comments / Remarques
- 10. References / Références
1. Classification / Classification
Anyi and Baule are closely related dialects in the Akan branch of Kwa. (Webbook?)
Ethnologue? Classification of Anyi and of Baule: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kwa, Nyo, Potou-Tano, Tano, Central, Bia, Northern.
Anyi is also spelled Anyin; the French spelling is Agni. (Need spellings in Anyi and Baule.)
(NB- The Akan language (including Twi and Fante) is treated in the article under that name.)
2. Where Spoken / Localisation géographique
They are spoken in southern Côte d'Ivoire and Anyi also in southwestern Ghana. (Webbook, Ethnologue)
3. Number of Speakers / Nombre de locuteurs
Baule: 2,130,000 (1993 SIL). (Ethnologue)
Anyi: 610,000 in Côte d'Ivoire (1993 SIL). 250,000 in Ghana (2003). 10,000 to 100,000 second-language users. (Ethnologue)
4. Dialect Survey / Enquête de dialecte
Dialect survey work for Baule is going on at the University of Côte d'Ivoire.
SIL's Ethnologue lists the following for Anyi dialects in Côte d'Ivoire (and Ghana):
For Baule, Ethnologue says: "Close to Anyin. Many subgroups, but all claim to understand the standard variety."
5. Usage / Utilisation
Anyi and Baule are local languages. (Webbook)
Literacy rate among Anyi in Cote d'Ivoire (according to Ethnologue, accessed 2007):
- L1: 1% to 5%
- L2: 25% to 50%
Literacy rate among Baule (according to Ethnologue, accessed 2007):
- L1: 10% to 30%
- L2: 25% to 50%
6. Orthography / Orthographe
6.1 Status / Statut
Anyi and Baule in Côte d'Ivoire use the official Latin-based orthography developed for all languages in that country; Ghanaian orthography varies. (Webbook) Anyi and Baule are written with extended characters. [Need information on diacritics.]
6.2 Sample Alphabet / Alphabet exemple
Baule alphabet as reported by Hartell (1993) and presented in Systèmes alphabétiques: http://sumale.vjf.cnrs.fr/phono/AfficheTableauOrtho2N.php?choixLangue=baoul%C3%A9
Sample texts on the "Language Museum" site (links to archived pages):
7. Use in ICT / Utilisation dans les TIC
7.1 Fonts / Polices
Most Unicode fonts with extended Latin characters would suffice.
7.2 Keyboard layouts / Dispositions de clavier
7.3 Content on computers & internet / Contenu en informatique et sur l'Internet
Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Baule: http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/bci.htm
7.4 Localized software / Logiciels localisés
None known of.
7.5 Language codes / Codes de langue
Anyi/Agni:
- ISO 639-1: -
- ISO 639-2: -
- ISO 639-3: any
Baule/Baoulé:
- ISO 639-1: -
- ISO 639-2: -
- ISO 639-3: bci
7.6 Locales / Paramètres régionaux
7.7 Other / Autre
8. Localisation resources / Ressources pour localisation
8.1 Individuals (experts) / Individuelles (experts)
8.2 Institutions / Institutions
8.3 On the internet / Sur la toile
Latin & diacritic character picker http://people.w3.org/rishida/scripts/pickers/latin/
9. Comments / Remarques
Need more info on the closeness/interintelligibility of these two. Also Anyin Morofo/Sanvi.
10. References / Références
Dwyer, David (1997), Webbook of African Languages, http://africa.isp.msu.edu/afrlang/hiermenu.html (page on "Anyi/Baule" http://africa.isp.msu.edu/afrlang/Anyi_Baule-root.html )
Chanard, Christian (2006), Systèmes alphabétiques des langues africaines, LLACAN, CNRS, http://sumale.vjf.cnrs.fr/phono/
Hartell, Rhonda L., ed. (1993), The Alphabets of Africa. Dakar: UNESCO and SIL. (The French edition, published the same year, is entitled Alphabets de Langues Africaines).
SIL International, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, "Anyin," http://www.ethnologue.com/language/any
______, "Baoulé," http://www.ethnologue.com/language/bci
SIL International, "ISO 639 Code Tables," http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/codes.asp
U.S. Library of Congress, "ISO 639.2: Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages: Alpha-3 codes arranged alphabetically by the English name of language," http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php
Wikipedia, "Anyin language," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anyin_language
______, "Baoulé language," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baoul%C3%A9_language
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Categories: Languages, Côte d'Ivoire, SW Ghana