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 (including Jabo) grv – Central gbo – Northern gec – Gboloo gry – Barclayville oub – Glio-Ubi
Glottolog
greb1256
Grebo is a Kru language of Liberia. All of the Grebo languages are referred to as Grebo, though in Ivory Coast, Krumen is the usual name. The Grebo people live in the extreme south-west of Liberia, both on the coast and inland, between the rivers Cavally and Cess.[2]
As in the 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 the singular form of "you".[3]
^Barclayville Grebo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Gordon Innes, A Grebo - English Dictionary, Cambridge University Press, 1967
^Gordon Innes, as above. A 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
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