Dewoin
Dewoin is a Kru language spoken in Liberia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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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 and a mutual intelligibility of 64-70% or possibly much higher mutual intelligibility with the Bassa language, but the lower mutual intelligibility is due to major Gola influence and depending on the dialect being compared, as Dei has 8 dialects, but it still does keep core Bassaic grammar.
In 1991, Dewoin was spoken by 8,100 people.
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Words in Dewoin
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | gire* | |
| ear | lo* | |
| nose | mera* | |
| tooth | NirE* | |
| tongue | mia* | |
| hand | sokEi* | |
| blood | 5imo* | |
| bone | gba* | |
| skin | gmo* | |
| knee | koduru* | |
| breast | nne* | |
| water | ni* | |
| fire | nae* | |
| sun | owu* | |
| stone | sogbo* | |
| tree | su* | |
| leaf | va* | |
| night | ma* | |
| dog | gbe* | |
| fish | zemi* | |
| one | bo* | |
| two | so* | |
| drink | nnani* | |
| see | nCiEni* | |
| hear | Nwoyi* | |
| die | nkoei* | |
| come | nnagi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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