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The language of a special caste of blacksmiths living among the Kulango-Abron (who speak a Gur language) in northeastern Ivory Coast. (Dimmendaal and Voeltz 2007)

ALSO KNOWN AS		Hwela-Numu, Huela, Weila, Wiila, Weela, Vwela
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Mande, Western Mande
CODE AUTHORITY		LINGUIST List
LANGUAGE CODE		lig-hwe
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Information from: “Africa” ( ch. 7) . Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and F. K. Erhard Voeltz (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge

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