Kuranko

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A language of Sierra Leone

ISO 639-3
knk
Alternate Names
Koranko
Population

268,000 in Sierra Leone (2006). Population total all countries: 323,200.

Location

Northern Province, Kabala area. Also in Guinea.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Mande, Western, Central-Southwestern, Central, Manding-Jogo, Manding-Vai, Manding-Mokole, Mokole
Dialects

Barrawa, Mankaliya, Mongo, Ney, Nieni, Sambaya, Sengbe. Guinean Kuranko varieties represent a dialectal continuum between the Sierra-Leonean Kuranko and Eastern Maninkakan [emk].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 5%. Dictionary. Bible: 2008.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kuranko
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian.

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