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Kuranko

A language of Sierra Leone

ISO 639-3: knk

Population	268,000 in Sierra Leone (2006). Population total all countries: 323,200.
Region	Northern Province, Kabala area. Also in Guinea.
Language map	Sierra Leone, reference number 8
Alternate names	Koranko
Dialects	Barrawa, Nieni, Mankaliya, Sambaya, Ney, Sengbe, Mongo. The dialect near the Guinea border is similar to Eastern Maninkakan [emk], so some have called Kuranko a dialect of Eastern Maninkakan. Farther south, dialects are more different from Eastern Maninkakan.
Classification	Niger-Congo, Mande, Western, Central-Southwestern, Central, Manding-Jogo, Manding-Vai, Manding-Mokole, Mokole
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 5%. NT: 1972.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian.

Also spoken in:

Guinea

Language name	Kuranko
Population	55,200 in Guinea (1991).
Region	Between Faranah and Kissidougou and toward Kerouané.
Language map	Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, reference number 21
Alternate names	Koranko
Comments	Ethnically separate from Eastern Maninkakan [emk]. Traditional religion, Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

PIONEER Bible Translators, author. 2003. "Maninka Sentence Repetition Test survey report: an investigation into the degree of bilingualism proficiency between Maninka of Kankan and Malinké, Kuranko, Sankaran, konyanka as well as other dialects of Maninka."  

SULLIVAN, Terrence D., author. 2004. "A preliminary report of existing information on the Manding languages of West Africa: summary and suggestions for future research."