Kuwaa

BLH

developing

Alternate Names: Belle, Belleh, Kowaao, Kwaa

Dialects: None known. Only minor pronunciation differences exist between the 2 Kuwaa clans: Lubaisu and Gbade.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Kru
Kuwaa

Demographics: 12,800 (Vanderaa 1991).

Language Use: Also use Bandi [bza], Liberia Kpelle [xpe], Loma [lom].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 5%. NT: 1989.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Liberia

Other Comments: Traditional religion.