Grebo language explained

Grebo
Date:2001
Speakers2:possibly a few Southern Grebo in Ivory Coast, plus refugees
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam3:Western Kru
Iso2:grb
Iso3:grb
Lc1:grj
Ld1:Southern (including Jabo)
Lc2:grv
Ld2:Central
Lc3:gbo
Ld3:Northern
Lc4:gec
Ld4:Gboloo
Lc5:gry
Ld5:Barclayville
Lc6:oub
Glotto:greb1256
Glottorefname:Liberian Grebo

Grebo is a Kru language of Liberia. All of the Grebo languages are referred to as Grebo, though in Ivory Coast, Krumen is the usual name. The Grebo people live in the extreme south-west of Liberia, both on the coast and inland, between the rivers Cavally and Cess.[1]

As in the other Kru languages, tone is extremely important. For instance, Grebo: with a high (or high-mid) tone is the first-person pronoun "I", while Grebo: with a low tone is the singular form of "you".[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Gordon Innes, A Grebo - English Dictionary, Cambridge University Press, 1967
  2. Gordon Innes, as above. A dictionary was compiled from previous dictionaries and the speech of Assistant 1955-1957 at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, Mr. J.Y.Dennis