Grebo language

Grebo
	Kréébo
Native to	Liberia
Native speakers	390,000 (2001)[1]; possibly a few Southern Grebo in Ivory Coast, plus refugees
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Kru Western Kru Grebo languages Grebo; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-2	grb
ISO 639-3	grb – inclusive code; Individual codes:; grj – Southern (incl. Jabo); grv – Central; gbo – Northern; gec – Gboloo; gry – Barclayville
Glottolog	greb1256

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.[2]

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.[3]

References

Barclayville Grebo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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

John Payne (Bp.) (1860). A dictionary of the Grebo language. E.O. Jenkins. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

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[1] Barclayville Grebo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[2] Gordon Innes, A Grebo - English Dictionary, Cambridge University Press, 1967

[3] 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