Editing Ivory Coast (section)

===Languages===
{{Further|Languages of Ivory Coast}}
It is estimated that 78 languages are spoken in Ivory Coast.<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=CI Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023124439/https://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=CI |date=23 October 2012 }} (Page on "Languages of Côte d'Ivoire." This page indicates that one of the 79 no longer has any speakers.)</ref> French, the official language, is taught in schools and serves as a [[lingua franca]]. A semi-creolised form of French, known as [[Nouchi]], has emerged in Abidjan in recent years and spread among the younger generation.<ref>{{Citation |last=Boutin |first=Akissi Béatrice |title=Exploring Hybridity in Ivorian French and Nouchi |date=2021 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/youth-language-practices-and-urban-language-contact-in-africa/exploring-hybridity-in-ivorian-french-and-nouchi/71CBA38840CFCC2BDE8712FDF5755877 |work=Youth Language Practices and Urban Language Contact in Africa |pages=159–181 |editor-last=Hurst-Harosh |editor-first=Ellen |series=Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact |place=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-17120-6 |access-date=2022-10-09 |editor2-last=Brookes |editor2-first=Heather |editor3-last=Mesthrie |editor3-first=Rajend |archive-date=31 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831094141/https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/youth-language-practices-and-urban-language-contact-in-africa/exploring-hybridity-in-ivorian-french-and-nouchi/71CBA38840CFCC2BDE8712FDF5755877 |url-status=live }}</ref> One of the most common indigenous languages is [[Dyula language|Dyula]], which acts as a trade language in much of the country, particularly in the north, and is mutually intelligible with other [[Manding languages]] widely spoken in neighboring countries.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-19 |title=Manding (Dioula) |url=https://minorityrights.org/minorities/manding-dioula/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Minority Rights Group |language=en-GB |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326031400/https://minorityrights.org/minorities/manding-dioula/ |url-status=live }}</ref>