Krumen language explained

Krumen
States:Ivory Coast, Liberia
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.[1] The main varieties are:

Plapo has only a hundred speakers and no dialectal variation.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ted Ethnologue report on Krumen
  2. Marchese, Lynell. 1983. Atlas linguistique Kru: nouvelle edition. Abidjan: Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique (ACCT).