Mahou

MXX

vigorous

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:

Niger-Congo
Mande
Western
Central-Southwestern
Central
Manding-Jogo
Manding-Vai
Manding-Mokole
Manding
Manding-East
Southeastern Manding
Maninka-Mori

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.