Native to Liberia ISO 639-3 dee | Native speakers (8,100 cited 1991) Glottolog dewo1238 | |
Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Kru
Western
Bassa
Dewoin | ||
The Dewoin language, also known as De, Dey, or Dei, is a Kru language of the Niger–Congo language family. It is spoken primarily near the coastal areas of Montserrado County in western Liberia, including the capital Monrovia. It has a lexical similarity of 0.72 with the Bassa language.
In 1991, Dewoin was spoken by 8,100 people.
References
Dewoin language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA