LI-Ivory Coast inama-Betes angaba ngu-600. Ulimi lwabo alufundiswa esikoleni, lapho sifunda khona isiFulentshi. Ngawo-000, uFrédéric Bruly Bouabré, walaba bantu, wanquma ukusungula umbhalo osuselwa olimini lwakhe. Ukuze akhe i-alfabhethi yakhe, ukhipha amagama angama-1950 e-monosyllabic olimini lwesi-Bété futhi awamele ngendlela yama-pictogram.