Dewoin

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A language of Liberia

ISO 639-3
dee
Alternate Names
De, Dei, Dewoi, Dey
User Population

17,100 (2020).

Location

Bomi county: coast between Lofa and Saint Paul rivers; Montserrado county: near coast.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kru, Western, Bassa
Dialects

No significant dialect differences. Lexical similarity: 72% with Bassa [bsq].

Language Use

Also use Liberian English [lir].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 5%.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Dewoin
Other Comments

Many loan words from other languages. Muslim, traditional religion.