Alternate Names: Gbese, Kpele, Kpwessi, Pessa, Pessy
Dialects: Boopolu, Fuama, Nyawokole. Dialect differences slight. Different from Kpelle , of Guinea. A member of macrolanguage Kpelle ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 760,000 (Vanderaa 1991).
Language Use: Used as L2 by Kuwaa [blh].
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1967.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Liberia
Other Comments: Largest group in Liberia. Traditional religion, Christian.