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Grebo, Central

A language of Liberia

ISO 639-3: grv

Population  30,800 (2006).
Region  Eastern border, including Barrobo.
Language map  Liberia, reference number 4
Dialects  Globo, Nyenebo, Dorobo, Borobo, Trembo. Distinct from Gboloo Grebo [gec]. Dialects may be quite distinct.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kru, Western, Grebo, Liberian
A member of macrolanguage Grebo [grb] (Liberia).
Comments  Traditional religion.

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Academic Publications

HASSELBRING, Sue; JOHNSON, Eric, authors. 2002. "A sociolinguistic survey of the Grebo language area of Liberia."  Available online