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.