Kuranko language

Kuranko
Native to	Sierra Leone, Guinea
Native speakers	unknown (270,000 in Sierra Leone (2006) 55,000 in Guinea cited 1991)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Mande Western Mande Central–Western Central Mande Manding–Jogo Manding–Vai Manding–Mokole Mokole Kuranko
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`knk`
Glottolog	`kura1250`^[2]

Kuranko is a Mande language spoken by approximately 350,000 people in Sierra Leone and Guinea. In Guinea it blends into Eastern Maninkakan dialectologically, but the people are ethnically distinct.

References

↑ Kuranko at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kuranko". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Sierra Leone

Official language	English

Indigenous languages	Fula Klao Kono Kissi Kuranko Limba Loko Maninka Mende Pular Sherbro Sua Susu Temne Yalunka

Creole languages	Krio

Mande languages

East Mande
(Dan–Busa)

Southeast	Beng Dan Gban Goo Guro Mano Mwa Tura Wan Yaure

Bisa–Busa	Bissa Boko Busa Tyenga Samo Shanga

Central West Mande
(Manding–Kpelle)

Jogo languages	Ligbi Tonjon

Manding languages	Bambara Bolon Dyula Jahanka Kassonke Mandinka Maninka Kita Marka Sininkere

Mokole languages	Kakabe Kuranko Lele Mixifore

Southwest Mande	Bandi Kpelle Loko Loma Mende Zialo

Other Central	Jeri Kono Susu Vai Yalunka

Northwest Mande
(Samogo–Soninke)

Samogo languages	Banka Duun Seenku

Other Northwest	Bobo Bozo Jowulu Soninke

Authority control	LCCN: sh91006169 SUDOC: 029355303 BNF: cb12099942w (data)

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