The Dewoin language, also known as De, Dey, or Dei, is a Kru language of the Niger–Congo language family. It is spoken primarily near the coastal areas of Montserrado County in western Liberia, including the capital Monrovia. It has a lexical similarity of 0.72 with the Bassa language.[2]
| Dewoin | |
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| Native to | Liberia |
Native speakers | (8,100 cited 1991)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dee |
| Glottolog | dewo1238 |
| ELP | Dewoin |
In 1991, Dewoin was spoken by 8,100 people.[3]
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