Félix Houphouët-Boigny [SEP] native language
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Félix Houphouët-Boigny (; 18 October 1905 – 7 December 1993), affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux ("The Old One"), was the first President of Ivory Coast (1960 to 1993), serving for more than three decades until his death. A tribal chief, he worked as a medical aide, union leader and planter before being elected to the French Parliament. He served in several ministerial positions within the French government before leading Côte d'Ivoire following independence in 1960.
Godié language
The Godié language is a Kru language spoken by the Godié people in the south-west and central-west of Ivory Coast. It is one of the dialects of the Bété language, In 1993, the language had 26,400 native speakers
Writing.
Godié spelling is based on the rules of The Orthographic Conventions for Ivorian Languages created by the "Institut de linguistique appliquée" (ILA) of the Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny. This convention has had revisions.
The tone is indicated with an apostrophe