Dewoin | |
States: | Liberia |
Date: | 2020 |
Ref: | e25 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Kru |
Fam4: | Western |
Fam5: | Bassa |
Iso3: | dee |
Glotto: | dewo1238 |
Glottorefname: | Dewoin |
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 0.72 with the Bassa language.
In 1991, Dewoin was spoken by 8,100 people.[1]