OLAC resources in and about the Liberia Kpelle language

ISO 639-3: xpe

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

• Language descriptions
• Other resources about the language

Other known names and dialect names: Boopolu, Fuama, Gbese, Kpele, Liberia Kpelle, Kpwessi, Nyawokole, Pessa, Pessy

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Language descriptions

1. ONLINEGlottolog 5.3 Resources for Liberia Kpelle. n.a. 2026. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:libe1247
2. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Liberia Kpelle. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:libe1247
3. ONLINELa langue guerze. Casthelain, J. and Lassort, P. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:3160
4. ONLINENotes on the history of Southwestern Mande. Hyman, Larry M. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:389
5. ONLINEThe Kpelle Language in Liberia. Grammatical outline, colloquial sentences and vocabulary. Westermann, D. and Melzian, H. J. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:3998
6. ONLINEDie Kpelle-Sprache in Liberia: Grammatische Einführung, Texte und Wörterbuch. Westermann, Diedrich. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:4519
7. ONLINEThe phonology of Kpelle. Welmers, William E. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:893
8. ONLINEAfrican Language Structures. Welmers, William E. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:894
9. ONLINEAlphabets of Africa. Hartell, Rhonda L. 1993. Dakar, Senegal: UNESCO Regional Office. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_xpe_ortho-1
10. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Kpelle. n.a. 2026. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:kpe
11. ONLINELAPSyD Online page for Kpelle. Maddieson, Ian. 2009. www.lapsyd.ddl.cnrs.fr. oai:www.lapsyd.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr:src446

Other resources about the language

1. ONLINEKpelle, Liberia: a language of Liberia. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:xpe
2. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Kpelle, Liberia. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_xpe

Other known names and dialect names: Boopolu, Fuama, Gbese, Kpele, Liberia Kpelle, Kpwessi, Nyawokole, Pessa, Pessy

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