Krumen language

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, Yapo, Pie dialects
  • Plapo
Krumen
Native toIvory Coast, Liberia
Native speakers
(50,000 cited 1993)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
ted – Tepo
pye – Pye
ktj – Plapo
Glottologivor1240

Plapo has only a hundred speakers and no dialectal variation.

References
  1. Tepo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Pye at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Plapo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Ethnologue report on Krumen at SIL


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