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Western Krahn language information


Krahn
Native toLiberia, Ivory Coast
EthnicityKrahn
Native speakers
(65,000 cited 1993–2006)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Kru
      • Western Kru
        • Wee
          • Guere–Krahn
            • Krahn
Language codes
ISO 639-3krw
Glottologwest2488

Western Krahn is the principal language spoken by the Krahn people of Liberia and Ivory Coast. It is part of a series a dialects of the Wee (Guere) dialect continuum spoken by the Krahn and Guere peoples.

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Western Krahn language

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Western Krahn is the principal language spoken by the Krahn people of Liberia and Ivory Coast. It is part of a series a dialects of the Wee (Guere) dialect...

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Krahn language

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Krahn people

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It is likely that Western contact with the Kru language is the primary reason for the development of these different names. The Krahn arrived in an area...

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Konobo language

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language from Western Krahn dialects, both are intelligible with intermediate dialects. Konobo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Konobo language at Ethnologue...

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KRW

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International Airport (IATA code), Turkmenistan Western Krahn language (ISO 639 code), spoken by the Krahn people of Liberia and Ivory Coast This disambiguation...

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Guere language

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is a tonal language and contrasts ten tones: Wobe a.k.a. Northern Wè Central Gere (Southern Wee) at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Neyo (Western Wee) at Ethnologue...

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Sapo language

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The Sapo language, also known as Sarpo or Southern Krahn, is a Kru language of the Niger–Congo language family. It is spoken in eastern Liberia, primarily...

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Kru languages

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(Kwadia) Western Kru Bassa Bassa Dewoin Gbii Grebo Grebo (Jabo) Krumen Glio-Oubi Klao Klao Tajuasohn Wèè Guere Daho-Doo Glaro-Twabo Sapo Guere (Wè) Krahn Nyabwa...

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Gbii language

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The Gbi and Dorue language, also known as Gbee or Gbi and Dorue, is similar to the Krahn language of the Niger–Congo language family. It is spoken in...

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Nimba County

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to the Guinea border. There are also indigenous minority groups, such as Krahn, Gbi, and Doru. Small Kpelle and Bassa settlements are located near the...

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Kru people

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These tribes include Bété, Bassa, Krumen, Guéré, Grebo, Klao/Krao, Dida, Krahn people and Jabo people. During the Atlantic slave trade, Kru people were...

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Betina Krahn

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Betina Krahn (born Huntington, West Virginia) is a RITA Award winning and New York Times best-selling author of historical romance novels. Krahn, born...

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Dan people

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include the Krahn, Kpelle and Mano. They are officially known as Yacouba (or Yakouba). They speak the Dan language, a Southeast Mande language and are closely...

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List of contemporary ethnic groups

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in Istanbul, which is not a part of Western Armenia). The Aramaic language morphed into the Neo-Aramaic languages around 1200 AD. Whether the majority...

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Amish

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and Theology: An Introduction. Kitchener, Ontario, 1995, p. 62. Smith & Krahn 1981, pp. 212–214. Kraybill 2000, pp. 63–64. Crowley, William K. (1978)...

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First Liberian Civil War

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of treason and were seen as inferiors to the President's own tribe, the Krahn. The mistreatment of the Gio and Mano increased tensions in Liberia, which...

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Estonia

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Ostwald and Carl Schmidt, economist Ragnar Nurkse, mathematician Edgar Krahn, medical researchers Ludvig Puusepp and Nikolay Pirogov, physicist Thomas...

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Culture of Liberia

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practices of the Poro and Sande secret societies, with the exception of the Krahn ethnic group, who have their own secret society. "Liberian religious culture...

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Liberia

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April 12, 1980, a military coup led by Master Sergeant Samuel Doe of the Krahn ethnic group overthrew and killed President William R. Tolbert Jr. Doe and...

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Christianity

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Cross/Livingstone. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. pp. 1435ff. Krahn, Cornelius; Rempel, John D. (1989). Ordinances. Global Anabaptist Mennonite...

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Mennonites

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College. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2020. Gingerich p. 420. Krahn, pp. 76–78. Gingerich p. 452. Sydney E. Ahlstrom, A Religious History of...

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Christian monasticism

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Wayback Machine Priestly Society of St. Augustine Redekop, Calvin Wall; Krahn, Victor A.; Steiner, Samuel J. (1994). Anabaptist/Mennonite Faith and Economics...

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Russian Mennonites

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Eichenfeld Massacre Revisited by Sean Patterson page 2 Smith, p. 316. Krahn, Cornelius & Al Reimer (1989). "Selbstschutz, Global Anabaptist Mennonite...

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List of countries by ethnic groups

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such as citizenship/nationality, ancestry or origin, country of birth, or language are used as alternative indicators. The data in the list are also of variable...

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Genetic studies of Jews

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1002/ajpa.21154. PMID 19918998. Mendez, Fernando L.; Karafet, Tatiana M.; Krahn, Thomas; Ostrer, Harry; Soodyall, Himla; Hammer, Michael F. (2011). "Increased...

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