Glaro-Twabo

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A language of Liberia

ISO 639-3
glr
User Population

8,230 in Liberia (2020).

Location

Grand Gedeh and River Gee counties; border with Cote d’Ivoire.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kru, Western, Wee, Guere-Krahn
Dialects

Glaro, Twabo. Minimal intelligibility between Twabo dialect and some Eastern Krahn [kqo] dialects, but not with Glaro. Lexical similarity: 82% with some Eastern Krahn [kqo] dialects, 87% with Glaro and Twabo dialects.

Language Use

Also use Liberian English [lir].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Glaro-Twabo
Other Comments

Traditional religion.