Alternate Names: Mahu, Maou, Mau, Mauka, Mauke
Dialects: Baralaka (Barala), Finanga, Koroka, Mahouka, Tenenga. Some listed dialect speakers may not be able to use Mahou literature. Barala may be dialect of Wojenaka ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 300,000 (2012 V. Vydrin).
Language Use: Also use French [fra].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%.
Nation of Origin: Côte d’Ivoire
Other Comments: Mauka is the indigenous ethnonym; Mawu is the indigenous toponym and should not be confused with Mawu, the autoglottonym for Siwu ,. Muslim.