Dewoin language

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.^[1]

Dewoin
Native to	Liberia
Native speakers	17,000 (2020)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kru Western Bassa Dewoin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dee
Glottolog	dewo1238
ELP	Dewoin

In 1991, Dewoin was spoken by 8,100 people.^[2]

See also

• Languages of Africa