Kakabe
A language of Guinea
| Population | 4,100 (2006). |
| Region | East of Timbo, Sokotoro, Wure Kaba, and 33 other villages. |
| Language map |
Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, reference number 16 |
| Alternate names | Fulajon Kan, Jon Kule, Ourekabakan |
| Dialects | Similar to Mixifore [mfg] linguistically, but 250 km apart. Lexically similarity 50% with Eastern Maninkakan [emk], 58% with Mixifore (Rainwater 2002). |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Mande, Western, Central-Southwestern, Central, Manding-Jogo, Manding-Vai, Manding-Mokole, Mokole |
| Language use | Most also use Pular [fuf] or Eastern Maninkakan. |
| Language development | Some are literate in Pular (Arabic script) or French. |
| Comments | Agriculturalists. Muslim. |
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