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Apro language

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Apro
Aproumu
Native toIvory Coast
EthnicityAizi(Aproin)
Native speakers
(6,500 cited 1999)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ahp
Glottologapro1235

Apro,also known asAproumu,is a language spoken by the Aizi people ofÉbrié Lagoonin Ivory Coast. Once assumed to be aKru languagelike the other twoAizi languages,subsequent investigation has shown it to beKwa.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^AproatEthnologue(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
  3. ^Ettien Koffi.Paradigm Shift in Language Planning and Policy: Game-Theoretic Solutions(2012, De Gruyter, pg. 152)