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Language code: grb

Technical information about ISO 639 language code grb

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The table below provides technical details for the Grebo language, designated by the grb code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

grb

Name

Grebo

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Northern GreboCentral GreboSouthern GreboGboloo Grebo
Related languages
BassaKru (Krumen)KrahnSapo
Key facts
Member of the Western Kru branch of the Niger–Congo familyTone is used both lexically and grammatically, with at least two level tones and down-stepEarly written materials date back to 19th-century missionary work that produced primers and Bible portionsReduplication is a common morphological process for deriving adjectives and intensifiersVocabulary shows extensive serial-verb constructions instead of complex verb inflection.
Sample phrase

Ebeh, náwɛ?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Grebo language, identified by the code grb, falls under the 'Macrolanguage' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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