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.[2] 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,[3] Yapo, Pie dialects
- Plapo
| Krumen | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ivory Coast, Liberia |
Native speakers | (50,000 cited 1993)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:ted – Tepopye – Pyektj – Plapo |
| Glottolog | ivor1240 |
| ELP | Plapo Krumen |
Plapo has only a hundred speakers and no dialectal variation.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Tepo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Pye at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Plapo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Ethnologue report on Krumen at SIL
- ^ Marchese, Lynell. 1983. Atlas linguistique Kru: nouvelle edition. Abidjan: Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique (ACCT).
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