Krumen language
{{Short description|Kru dialect continuum of Ivory Coast and Liberia}}
{{Infobox language
|name = Krumen
|nativename =
|pronunciation =
|states = Ivory Coast, Liberia
|speakers = {{sigfig|48,300|1}}
|date = 1993
|ref=e18
|familycolor = Niger-Congo
|fam2 = Atlantic–Congo
|fam3 = Kru
|fam4 = Western Kru
|fam5 = Grebo
|lc1=ted |ld1 = Tepo
|lc2=pye |ld2 = Pye
|lc3=ktj |ld3 = Plapo
|glotto=ivor1240
|glottorefname=Ivorian Grebo
}}
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.[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ted Ethnologue report on Krumen] at SIL 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 [ɟʀwe] / Jrewe,Marchese, Lynell. 1983. Atlas linguistique Kru: nouvelle edition. Abidjan: Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique (ACCT). Yapo, Pie dialects
- Plapo
Plapo has only a hundred speakers and no dialectal variation.
See also
References
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{{Languages of Liberia}}
{{Kru languages}}
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Category:Languages of Ivory Coast
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