Klao language

Klao
Klao
Kru
Native to	Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Guinea
Ethnicity	Kru people
Native speakers	400,000 (2020)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kru Western Kru Klao–Tajuasohn Klao; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	klu
Glottolog	klao1243

A Klao speaker in Liberia.

Klao (also Klaoh), or Kru, is a Kru language of the Niger–Congo language family, spoken primarily in Liberia, with some speakers also in Sierra Leone, Ghana and Guinea. It uses SVO word order for main clauses and SOV for embedded clauses. A Klao translation of the Bible by missionary Nancy Lightfoot was released in 2000.^[2] The language has Western, West Central, Central, and Eastern dialects.^[3]

References

^ Klao at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ "The GOOD NEWS News". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
^ Ethnologue report for language code:klu

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[e25-1] Klao at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] "The GOOD NEWS News". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2007-03-20.

[3] Ethnologue report for language code:klu

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v t e Languages of Sierra Leone
Official language	English
Indigenous languages	Fula Klao Kissi Kono Kuranko Limba Loko Maninka Mende Pular Sherbro Sua Susu Temne Yalunka
Creole languages	Krio