Dewoin language
Dewoin | |
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Native to | Liberia |
Native speakers | 8,100 (1991)[1] |
Niger–Congo
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
dee |
Glottolog |
dewo1238 [2] |
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.[3]
In 1991 Dewoin was spoken by 8,100 people.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Dewoin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Dewoin". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed) (2005). "Dewoin". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. SIL International. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- ↑ Vanderaa, Larry (1991). A survey for Christian Reformed World Missions of missions and churches in West Africa. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Christian Reformed World Missions.