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Dewoin

Dewoin is a Kru language spoken in Liberia. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Dewoin · 6.6°N 10.9°W

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.

From Wikipedia · Dewoin language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Dewoin

MeaningWordRomanization
eyegire*
earlo*
nosemera*
toothNirE*
tonguemia*
handsokEi*
blood5imo*
bonegba*
skingmo*
kneekoduru*
breastnne*
waterni*
firenae*
sunowu*
stonesogbo*
treesu*
leafva*
nightma*
doggbe*
fishzemi*
onebo*
twoso*
drinknnani*
seenCiEni*
hearNwoyi*
dienkoei*
comennagi*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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