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Krumen, Tepo

A language of Côte d’Ivoire

ISO 639-3: ted

Population	28,300 in Côte d’Ivoire (1993 SIL). All Krumen: 48,300 (1993 SIL). Population total all countries: 31,210.
Region	Southwest, Tabou and Grabo subprefectures. Also in Liberia.
Language map	Côte d’Ivoire, reference number 59
Alternate names	Kroumen, Kru, Krumen, Southern Krumen, Southwestern Kroumen
Dialects	Tepo, Bapo, Wlopo (Ropo), Dapo, Honpo, Yrepo (Kapo), Glawlo.
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kru, Western, Grebo, Ivorian
Language use	Also use French or Jula [dyu].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Grammar. NT: 1995.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Christian, traditional religion, Muslim.

Also spoken in:

Liberia

Language name	Krumen, Tepo
Population	2,910 in Liberia (2000).
Region	Glawlo dialect is southeast; others in southwest Côte d’Ivoire.
Alternate names	Kroumen, Kru, Krumen, Southern Krumen
Dialects	Tepo, Bapo, Plapo, Wlopo (Ropo), Dapo, Honpo, Yrepo (Kapo), Glawlo.
Comments	Traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

DAWSON, Keith, author. 1975. "L’accord vocalique en tépo."

DAWSON, Keith, author. 1982. Remarks on negation in Tepo Krou.

EGNER, Inge, author. 2003. "Applicative marking in Kru."

MAIRE, John; THALMANN, Peter, authors. 1980. Enquête dialectale kroumen.

MARCHESE, Lynell, author. 1978. "Le developpement des auxiliaires dans les langues kru."

MARCHESE, Lynell, author. 1979. Tense/aspect and the development of auxiliaries in the Kru language family.

MARCHESE, Lynell, author. 1983. "On assertive focus and the inherent focus nature of negatives and imperatives: Evidence from Kru."

MARCHESE, Lynell, author. 1984. "Tense innovation in the Kru language family."

MARCHESE, Lynell, author. 1986. Tense/aspect and the development of auxiliaries in Kru languages.  

THALMANN, Peter, author. 1978. "Tonèmes et règles tonales du krou tepo."

THALMANN, Peter, author. 1979. "A propos des particles nɩ²/nɩ² en kroumen tépo."

THALMANN, Peter, author. 1980. Phonologie du kroumen.

THALMANN, Peter, author. 1981. "Contes kroumen."

THALMANN, Peter, author. 1987. Elements de grammaire Kroumen tepo: parler kru de la Côte d’Ivoire.

Vernacular Publications

Ba ʼde -ba -hre -a nɛ ʼbliwin. 1988.

Ba nɩ -ba ʼcrɩɩ -a nɩ ʼbiwin. 1980.

Dɛ- kɔ -tɩ =Wɛ kɔ Kɔkɔ ʼhɛɛn ʼɩ ʼnɩnɩ naa ʼo -tɛgbii -do. 1982.

Nahuon -gbo, =be ɔ di nu, ʼplɩɩ ɔ ʼmʋ =ta ʼle?. 1982.