Grebo language
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| Grebo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Liberia |
Native speakers |
390,000 (2001)[1] possibly a few Southern Grebo in Ivory Coast, plus refugees |
|
Niger–Congo
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 |
grb |
| ISO 639-3 |
grb – inclusive codeIndividual codes: grj – Southern (incl. Jabo)grv – Centralgbo – Northerngec – Gboloogry – Barclayville |
| Glottolog |
greb1256[2] |
Grebo is a Kru language of Liberia. All of the Grebo languages commonly go by the term Grebo, though in Ivory Coast Krumen is usual. Grebo country is in the extreme south-west of Liberia on the coast and inland, between the rivers Cavally and Cess.[3]
As in other Kru languages, tone is extremely important. For instance, né with a high (or high-mid) tone is the first-person pronoun "I", while nè with a low tone is "you" singular.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Barclayville Grebo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Grebo-Liberian". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ Gordon Innes, A Grebo - English Dictionary, Cambridge University Press, 1967
- ^ Gordon Innes, as above. The 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
External links[edit]
- John Payne (Bp.) (1860). A dictionary of the Grebo language. E.O. Jenkins. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
