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Krahn, Western

A language of Liberia

ISO 639-3: krw

Population	53,200 in Liberia (2006). Population total all countries: 65,400.
Region	Eastern Province near Côte d’Ivoire border. Also in Côte d’Ivoire.
Language map	Liberia, reference number 28
Alternate names	Krahn, Kran, Northern Krahn, Western Kran
Dialects	Gbo, Gbaeson (Gbaison, Gbarzon), Plo, Biai, Gbarbo, Gborbo (Gbobo), Kpeaply. Dialects in Côte d’Ivoire have French influences.
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kru, Western, Wee, Guere-Krahn
Language development	Côte d’Ivoire orthography differs from Liberia. NT: 1992–1995.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.

Also spoken in:

Côte d’Ivoire

Language name	Krahn, Western
Population	12,200 in Côte d’Ivoire (1993 SIL).
Region	West, Toulépleu area.
Language map	Côte d’Ivoire, reference number 67
Alternate names	Krahn, Northern Krahn
Dialects	Pewa (Peewa), Biai.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%.
Comments	There are influences from local French, but in Liberia from Liberian English. There are orthographic differences from that of Liberia. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

DUITSMAN, John, author. 1981. A plus for plurals in writing Liberian Krahn.

DUITSMAN, John, author. 1981. Liberian Krahn: Some notes on vowel orthography.

DUITSMAN, John, author. 1986. Testing two systems for marking tone in Western Krahn.

ROBERTS, David, author. 2008. "Thirty years of tone orthography testing in West African languages (1977-2007)."