TED ISO 639-3
Krumen, Tepo
-tepowin Autonym
A language of Côte d’Ivoire
- ISO 639
- ted
- Alternate Names
- Krou tepo, Kroumen, Kroumen tépo, Kru, Krumen, Southern Krumen, Southwestern Kroumen, Tepo Krou
- Autonym
- -tepowin
- Population
- 28,300 in Côte d’Ivoire (1993 SIL). All Krumen: 48,300 (1993 SIL). Total users in all countries: 33,910.
- Location:
- Bas-Sassandra district: Grabo and Tabou subprefectures.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kru, Western, Grebo, Ivorian
- Dialects
- Tepo, Bapo, Wlopo (Ropo), Dapo, Honpo, Yrepo (Kapo), Glawlo.
- Language Use
- Also use French [fra]. Also use Jula [dyu]. Used as L2 by Plapo Krumen [ktj].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Grammar. NT: 1995.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Krumen, Tepo
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- River Gee county: Cote d’Ivoire border area. Glawlo dialect is southeast.
- Dialects
- Tepo, Bapo, Plapo, Wlopo (Ropo), Dapo, Honpo, Yrepo (Kapo), Glawlo.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Traditional religion. View other languages of Liberia
Language Name
Krumen, Tepo
User Population
5,610 in Liberia (2020).
Map
Location: Bas-Sassandra district: Grabo and Tabou subprefectures.
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