The Dewoin language, also known as De, Dey, or Dei, is a Kru language of the Niger–Congo language family. It is spoken primarily near the coastal areas of Montserrado County in western Liberia, including the capital Monrovia. It has a lexical similarity of 0.72 with the Bassa language and a mutual intelligibility of 64-70% or possibly much higher mutual intelligibility with the Bassa language, but the lower mutual intelligibility is due to major Gola influence and depending on the dialect being compared, as Dei has 8 dialects, but it still does keep core Bassaic grammar.

In 1991, Dewoin was spoken by 8,100 people.

See also

• Languages of Africa

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