Native to Liberia ISO 639-3 klu | Native speakers 220,000 (2006) Glottolog klao1243 | |
Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Kru
Western Kru
Klao–Tajuasohn
Klao | ||
Klao (also Klaoh), or Kru, is a Kru language of the Niger–Congo language family, spoken primarily in Liberia, with some speakers also in Sierra Leone. It uses SVO word order for main clauses and SOV for embedded clauses. A Klao translation of the Bible by missionary Nancy Lightfoot was released in 2000. The language has Western, West Central, Central, and Eastern dialects.
References
Klao language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA