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Téén

A language of Côte d’Ivoire

ISO 639-3: lor

Population	6,100 in Côte d’Ivoire (1991). Population total all countries: 8,100.
Region	Bouna Department, Téhini Subprefecture. Also in Burkina Faso.
Language map	Côte d’Ivoire, reference number 58
Alternate names	Loghon, Lorhon, Loron, Nabe, Tegesie, Ténhé
Dialects	Different from Kulango. Most similar to Loma [loi], Bouna Kulango [nku].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Teen
Language use	Also use Lobi [lob], Jula [dyu], Loma, or French.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%. Bible portions: 1985–1995.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	The name of the people is ‘Ténbó’ (pl.), ‘Ténsé’ (sg.); the language ‘Téén’. Traditional religion, Christian.

Also spoken in:

Burkina Faso

Language name	Téén
Population	2,000 in Burkina Faso (1999).
Region	Poni Province, Kampti Subdistrict, 2 pockets just west of Kampti.
Language map	Burkina Faso, reference number 57
Alternate names	Loghon, Lorhon, Loron, Nabe, Tegesie, Ténhé
Language use	Also use Lobi [lob], Jula [dyu], Loma [loi], or French.
Comments	The people are called ‘Ténsé’ (sg.), ‘Ténbó’ (pl.). Traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Leenhouts, Ingeborg C. 1975. "L’accent en loron."

Leenhouts, Ingeborg C. 1978. "Overlay in Loron discourse."  

Leenhouts, Ingeborg C. 1983. Function of the verb in Tenhe narrative discourse.

Leenhouts, Ingeborg C. 1984. "Towards a taxonomy of living things in Téén."

Leenhouts, Ingeborg C. 1990. "Vers une taxonomie du monde Téén."

Leenhouts, Ingeborg C. and Evelyn G. Pike. 1978. From clause to morpheme classes of Ténhé in tagmemic notation.

Leenhouts, Ingeborg C. and Ingrid Person. 1977. "Esquisse phonologique du Loron."

Moore, Barbara J. 1990. Multi-ethnic recruitment in an emerging West African church: The relationship of religion to ethnic identity.

Person, Ingrid, Margrit Bolli, and Eva Flik. 1975. Two studies in Ivory Coast linguistics.

Person, Ingrid. 1975. "Clauses in Loron."

Petermann, Esther. 1985. "Towards understanding Téén values."

Vernacular Publications

Dyɛnpehrɛ lɛ Bɛtehna. 1979.

Jɛnpɩrɛ taabɔ. 1980.

limu a sɛbɛ. 1984.

Téén sɛbɛ. 1976.