Kpelle, Liberia
A language of Liberia
| Population | 487,000 (Vanderaa 1991). |
| Region | Central. |
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Liberia, reference number 16 |
| Alternate names | Gbese, Kpele, Kpwessi, Pessa, Pessy |
| Dialects | Dialect differences slight. Different from Kpelle [gkp] of Guinea. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Mande, Western, Central-Southwestern, Southwestern, Kpelle A member of macrolanguage Kpelle [kpe] (Liberia). |
| Language development | NT: 1967. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Largest group in Liberia. Traditional religion, Christian. |
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