The Nyabwa (Niaboua, Niédéboua, Nyaboa, Nyabwa-Nyédébwa, Nyedebwa or Nyaboa) language is a Kru language spoken in Ivory Coast. It is part of the Wee dialect continuum.

Writing system

{| class="wikitable"

|+ Nyabwa alphabet

|-

| a || b || bh || c || d

| e || ɛ || f || g || gb

| gw || i || ɩ || j || k

| kp || kw

|-

| l || m || n || ng || ny

| o || ɔ || p || r || s

| t || u || ʋ || v || w

| y || z

|}

Nasalisation is indicated by a tilde on the vowel. Tones are indicated by following signs:

Very high tone is indicated by a double apostrophe ‹ ˮ › ;

High tone is indicated by an apostrophe ‹ ʼ › ;

Mid-tone is indicated by no diacritic;

Low tone is indicated by a hyphen ‹ ˗ ›.

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