Grebo language

Grebo language
Grebo
Spoken in Liberia, Ivory Coast
Native speakers 265,000  (date missing)
Language family
Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Kru
      • Western Kru
        • Grebo languages
          • Grebo
Language codes
ISO 639-3 grb – Macrolanguage
individual codes:
grj – Southern (incl. Jabo)
grv – Central
gbo – Northern
gec – Gboloo
gry – Barclayville

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.


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