Grebo, Barclayville

GRY

vigorous

Alternate Names: Wedebo Grebo

Dialects: Kplebo, Wedebo. A subgroup of quite distinct dialects. Many phonological differences with Jabo dialect of Southern Grebo ,. A member of macrolanguage Grebo ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Kru
Western
Grebo
Liberian

Demographics: 23,700 (Vanderaa 1991). 387,000 all Grebo languages in Liberia (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001).

Nation of Origin: Liberia

Other Comments: They identify with Klao ,, but understand Grebo better. Strong ethnocentric attitudes between subgroups. Traditional religion.