Lele

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A language of Guinea

ISO 639-3
llc
Population

23,000 (1998 B. Willits). 12,000 in Kissidougou Prefecture and 11,000 in Guekedou.

Location

West and southwest of Kissidou, Mato river west. Main centers are Yombiro, Tangalto, and Kassadou.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

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

Kassadou Lele (South Lele), Kounte Lele (Central Lele), Tangalto Lele (East Lele), Yombiro Lele (North Lele). Kassadou cannot understand Tangalto. Lexical similarity: 55% with Eastern Maninkakan [emk] and Mogofin [mfg], 73% with Kuranko [knk] of Sierra Leone.

Language Use

Positive attitudes.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Lele
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

Muslim.