Wobé language


Wobé is a Kru language spoken in Ivory Coast. It is one of several languages in a dialect continuum called Wèè .

Tone

Wobé is known for claims that it has the largest number of tones of any language in the world. However, this has not been confirmed by other researchers, many of whom believe that some of these will turn out to be sequences of tones or prosodic effects, though the Wèè languages in general do have extraordinarily large tone systems.
The fourteen posited tones are:
IPA
B&L tone numbers1234313241424315253545435
Newman adjustment0123202130313204142434324
Asian convention5432353425242351413121231

Numerals

Wobe has a quinary, decimal system, and it is one of the only two Kru languages which have adopted the decimal system. Hofer, Verena, .