Dewoin

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ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

De, Dei, Dewoi, Dey

Population

9,610 (2012 J. Leclerc).

Location

Bomi county coast: west of Monrovia, between Lofa and Saint Paul rivers; Montserrado county: near coast.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

No significant dialect differences. Lexical similarity: 72% with Bassa [bsq].

Language Use

Also use English [eng].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 5%.

Language Resources

Other Comments

Many loan words from other languages. Muslim, traditional religion.