Dewoin language
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| Dewoin | ||
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| Spoken in: | Liberia | |
| Total speakers: | 8,100 (1991) | |
| Language family: | Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Volta-Congo Kru Western Dewoin |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | none | |
| ISO 639-3: | dee | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
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 .72 with the Bassa language.[1]
As of 1991, Dewoin was spoken by 8,100 people.[2]
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[edit] References
- ^ Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed) (2005). Dewoin. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. SIL International. Retrieved on 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.
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