Klao language

Klao
Kru
Native to	Liberia
Native speakers	220,000 (2006)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Kru Western Kru Klao–Tajuasohn Klao
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`klu`
Glottolog	`klao1243`^[2]

Klao (also Klaoh), or Kru, is a Kru language of the Niger–Congo language family, spoken primarily in Liberia, with some speakers also in Sierra Leone. It uses SVO word order for main clauses and SOV for embedded clauses. A Klao translation of the Bible by missionary Nancy Lightfoot was released in 2000.^[3] The language has Western, West Central, Central, and Eastern dialects.^[4]

References

↑ Klao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Klao". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ The GOOD NEWS News
↑ Ethnologue report for language code:klu

Languages of Liberia

Official language

English

Indigenous languages

Manding	Bandi Dan Kpelle Loma Maninka Mann Mende Vai

Kru	Bassa Dewoin Gbii Glaro-Twabo Glio-Oubi Grebo Klao Konobo Krumen Kuwaa Sapo Tajuasohn Krahn

Other	Gola Kisi

Creole languages

Languages of Sierra Leone

Official language	English

Indigenous languages	Fula Klao Kono Kissi Kuranko Limba Loko Maninka Mende Pular Sherbro Sua Susu Temne Yalunka

Creole languages	Krio

Kru languages

Eastern

Western

Grebo	Grebo Jabo Krumen Glio-Oubi

Wee	Daho-Doo Glaro-Twabo Sapo Wè Krahn Nyabwa Konobo Wobe

Others	Bassa Dewoin Gbii Klao Tajuasohn

Others

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