Mano language

Mano
Region Liberia, Guinea
Native speakers
 390,000 (2012)[1]
Niger–Congo

  • Mande

    • Eastern Mande
      • Southeastern
        • Mano–Dan
          • Mano
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mev
Glottolog mann1248[2]

The Mano language, also known as Maa, Mah, and Mawe, is a significant Mande language of Liberia and Guinea. It is spoken primarily in Nimba County in north-central Liberia and in Nzérékoré, Lola and Yomou Prefectures in Guinea.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Mano at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mann". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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