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Krumen language

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Native to
  
Ivory Coast, Liberia

Glottolog
  
ivor1240

Native speakers
  
50,000 (1993)

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Kru Western Kru Grebo Krumen

ISO 639-3
  
Variously: ted – Tepo pye – Pye ktj – Plapo

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 in 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.

    References

    Krumen language Wikipedia
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