Esuma language
Extinct language of Ivory Coast
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Esuma (Essouma) is an extinct undocumented[2] language of uncertain classification within the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo family, once spoken in the villages of Assinie (Asini) and Mafia in Ivory Coast. The Esuma were vassals of the Sanwi capital Krinjabo, and shifted to the Anyin and Nzima languages.[3]
NativetoIvory Coast
RegionAssinie-Mafia
Extinctca. 1800[better source needed][1]
Niger–Congo?
-
Atlantic–Congo
- Kwa
- (unclassified)
- Esuma
- (unclassified)
- Kwa
| Esuma | |
|---|---|
| Essouma | |
| (unattested) | |
| Native to | Ivory Coast |
| Region | Assinie-Mafia |
| Extinct | ca. 1800[better source needed][1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | esm |
| Glottolog | esum1241 |
