Esuma language

Extinct language of Ivory Coast
Esuma
Native toIvory Coast
Extinctca. 1800[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3esm
Linguist List
esm
Glottologesum1241

Esuma (Essouma) is an extinct 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.

References

  1. ^ Esuma at MultiTree on the Linguist List


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