Alternate Names: Niaboua, Nyaboa, Nyabwa-Nyédébwa
Dialects: Kouzié, Nyabwa, Nyedebwa (Niédéboua). Lexical similarity: 90% with Nyabwa and Nyedebwa dialects, 74%–80% between them and Wè Southern , and Wè Northern ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 42,700 (1993 SIL). 32,500 Nyabwa, 7,700 Nyedebwa, 2,500 Kouzié.
Language Use: Also use French [fra], Jula [dyu], Wè Northern [wob], Wè Southern [gxx].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. NT: 1991.
Typology: Whistle speech reported.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Côte d’Ivoire
Other Comments: Ethnonym: Bété not wanted. Kouzii is an ethnic subgroup of Nyabwa, not a dialect. Christian, traditional religion.