Hwela

Facts

  • Language: Hwela
  • Alternate names: Hwela-Numu, Huela, Weila, Wiila, Weela, Vwela
  • Language code: lig-hwe
  • Language family: Niger-Congo; Mande; Western Mande (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: <1,500
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script:

More information:

    The language of a special caste of blacksmiths living among the Kulango-Abron (who speak a Gur language) in northeastern Ivory Coast. (Dimmendaal and Voeltz 2007)