Alternate Names: Ouobe, Wèè, Wobé
Dialects: Péomé, Sémien (Gbéan), Tao. Kouibly dialect intelligible to about half of Wè Southern , speakers. Lexical similarity: 90%–94% among dialects, Kouibly dialect (Tao and Gbean) has 84%–89% lexical similarity with Wè Southern dialects.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 156,000 (1993 SIL).
Language Use: Also use French [fra]. Used as L2 by Nyabwa [nwb], Toura [neb].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Grammar. NT: 1984–2010.
Typology: Whistle speech reported.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Côte d’Ivoire
Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.