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Goo language

Goo is a recently discovered Mande language of Ivory Coast. It is close to Dan and Tura, but intelligible with neither. It is spoken in 10 villages.

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Jul 16, 2026
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Goo
gʋ̏ʋ̏1
RegionIvory Coast
Native speakers
8,000 (2021)2
Niger–Congo
  • Mande
    • Eastern Mande
      • Southeastern
        • Mano–Dan
          • Guro–Dan
            • Tura–Dan
              • Goo
Language codes
ISO 639-3gov
Glottologgooa1234

Goo is a recently discovered Mande language of Ivory Coast. It is close to Dan and Tura, but intelligible with neither.3 It is spoken in 10 villages.3

References

References

  1. Vydrin, Valentin (1 December 2013). "Goo : présentation d'une langue" (PDF). Mandenkan (in French) (50): 171. doi:10.4000/mandenkan.293. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. Goo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  3. Valentin Vydrin (2013) Goo, an unknown language of Côte d'Ivoire Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine