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Kuwaa language

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Native to
  
Liberia

ISO 639-3
  
blh

Native speakers
  
(13,000 cited 1991)

Glottolog
  
kuwa1247

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Kru Kuwaa

The Kuwaa language, also known as Belle, Belleh, Kowaao, and Kwaa, is a Kru language of the Niger–Congo language family. It is spoken in northwestern Liberia, primarily in Lofa County. The speech of the Lubaisu and Gbade, the two Kuwaa clans, is differentiated only by minor variations in pronunciation.

References

Kuwaa language Wikipedia