Dewoin language

Dewoin
Native to Liberia
Native speakers
 unknown (8,100 cited 1991)[1]
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

  1. ↑ Dewoin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Dewoin". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. ↑ Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed) (2005). "Dewoin". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. SIL International. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  4. ↑ Vanderaa, Larry (1991). A survey for Christian Reformed World Missions of missions and churches in West Africa. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Christian Reformed World Missions.


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