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Klao language information


Klao
Kru
Native toLiberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Guinea
EthnicityKru people
Native speakers
400,000 (2020)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Kru
      • Western Kru
        • Klao–Tajuasohn
          • Klao
Language codes
ISO 639-3klu
Glottologklao1243
A Klao speaker in Liberia.

Klao (also Klaoh), or Kru, is a Kru language of the Niger–Congo language family, spoken primarily in Liberia, with some speakers also in Sierra Leone, Ghana and Guinea. It uses SVO word order for main clauses and SOV for embedded clauses. A Klao translation of the Bible by missionary Nancy Lightfoot was released in 2000.[2] The language has Western, West Central, Central, and Eastern dialects.[3]

  1. ^ Klao at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "The GOOD NEWS News". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
  3. ^ Ethnologue report for language code:klu

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