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Preferred term

grbGrebo  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Krumen is a dialect continuum spoken by the Krumen people of Liberia and Ivory Coast (Tabou and Grabo subprefectures). It is a branch of the Grebo languages, a subfamily of the Kru languages and ultimately of the Niger–Congo languages. It had 48,300 speakers as of 1993. The main varieties are: *Tepo: Tepo, Bapo, Wlopo / Ropo, Dapo, Honpo, Yrepo / Kapo, Glawlo dialects *Pye: Trepo, Wluwe-Hawlo, Gbowe-Hran, Wlepo, Dugbo, Yrewe / Giriwe, Yapo, Pie dialects *Plapo Plapo has only a hundred speakers and no dialectical variation.

Entry terms

  • Krumen language

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • grb

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • grb

ISO 639-3 code

  • grb

Notation

  • grb

In other languages

  • grebo

    French

  • Grebo-Sprache

    German

  • gerbo

    Italian

  • Portuguese

  • grebo

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/grb

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