Dan language

Dan
Dan
Yacouba
Native to	Ivory Coast, Guinea, and Liberia
Ethnicity	Dan people
Native speakers	1.6 million (2012)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Mande Eastern Mande Southeastern Mano–Dan Guro–Dan Tura–Dan Dan; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; dnj – Dan; lda – Kla
Glottolog	dann1241
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A Dan speaker, recorded in Liberia.

Dan /ˈdæn/^[2] is a Southern Mande language spoken primarily in Ivory Coast (~800,000 speakers) and Liberia (150,000–200,000 speakers). There is also a population of about 800 speakers in Guinea. Dan is a tonal language, with 9 to 11 contour and register tones, depending on the dialect.

Alternative names for the language include Yacouba or Yakubasa, Gio, Gyo, Gio-Dan, and Da. Dialects are Gio (Liberian Dan), Gweetaawu (Eastern Dan), Blowo (Western Dan), and Kla. Kla is evidently a distinct language.

^ Dan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Kla at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh

[e18-1] Dan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Kla at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh

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