Mobu
AltnameAhizi
NativenameMobumrin
StatesIvory Coast
EthnicityAizi (Mobuin)
Speakers2,000
Date1999
Refe18
FamilycolorNiger-Congo
Fam 2Atlantic–Congo
Fam 3Kru
Fam 4Aizi
Iso 3ahm
Glottomobu1235
GlottorefnameMobumrin Aizi

The Mobu language, Mobumrin, is a Kru language spoken by ethnic Aizi (Ahizi) on the shores of Ébrié Lagoon in Ivory Coast. It is not intelligible with Lele (Tiagba), also spoken by Aizi at the lagoon.

The endonym is Mobuin, and the name for all Aizi is Frukpu.[1]

References

  1. ^ Douglas Boone, Silué Lamine, MaryAnne Augustin. "L'Utilisation du Français et de l'Adoukrou par les Aizi" (2002, Société Internationale de Linguistique, Côte d’Ivoire) online