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(Redirected from Jrwe language) Kru dialect continuum of Ivory Coast and Liberia
Krumen
Native toIvory Coast, Liberia
Native speakers(50,000 cited 1993)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
ted – Tepo
pye – Pye
ktj – Plapo
Glottologivor1240
ELPPlapo Krumen

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 / Jrwe / Jrewe, Yapo, Pie dialects
  • Plapo

Plapo has only a hundred speakers and no dialectal variation.

See also

References

  1. Tepo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Pye at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Plapo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Ethnologue report on Krumen at SIL
  3. Marchese, Lynell. 1983. Atlas linguistique Kru: nouvelle edition. Abidjan: Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique (ACCT).
Languages of Liberia
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