Dan language
Dan is a Mande language spoken primarily in Ivory Coast and Liberia. There is also a population of about 800 speakers in Guinea. Dan is a tonal language, with three main tones and two glide/contour tones.
Alternative names for the language include Yacouba or Yakubasa, Gio, Gyo, Gio-Dan, and Da. Dialects are Gweetaawu, Blowo, and Kla. Kla is evidently a distinct language.Phonology
Vowels
The orthography of Liberia includes this alphabet:
The capital ɤ is not in Unicode.
Tones are marked with grave, acute, and circumflex accents. Nasalization is marked with a tilde.
