Dida language

Dida
Native toIvory Coast
RegionSouthern Ivory Coast
Native speakers
(200,000 cited 1993)
Niger–Congo?
  • disputed
Dialects
  • Yocoboué Dida
  • Lakota Dida
  • Gaɓogbo
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
gud – Yocoboué Dida
dic – Lakota Dida
gie – Gaɓogbo
Glottologdida1245
yoco1235  Yocoboué Dida
lako1244  Lakota Dida
gabo1234  Gaɓogbo

Dida is a dialect cluster of the Kru languages spoken in Ivory Coast.

ISO 639-3 assigns separate codes to three Dida varieties: Yocoboué Dida, also called Yokubwe Dida; Lakota Dida; and Gaɓogbo, also called Guébié or Gebye. The varieties have limited mutual intelligibility and are often treated as separate languages. In 1993, Yocoboué Dida had 101,600 speakers and Lakota Dida had 93,800 speakers. Yocoboué Dida includes the Lozoua, or Lozwa, and Divo varieties, with 7,100 and 94,500 speakers respectively. Lakota Dida includes the Lakota, Abou, and Vata varieties. The prestige variety is the Lozoua speech of Guitry.