Lele
A language of Guinea
| Population | 23,000 (1998 B. Willits). 12,000 in Kissidougou Prefecture and 11,000 in Guekedou. |
| Region | West and southwest of Kissidou, Mato River west. Main centers: Yombiro, Tangalto, and Kassadou. |
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Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, reference number 23 |
| Dialects | Yombiro Lele (North Lele), Tangalto Lele (East Lele), Kassadou Lele (South Lele), Kounte Lele (Central Lele). Kassadou cannot understand Tangalto. Lexical similarity: 55% with Eastern Maninkakan [emk] and Mixifore [mfg], 73% with Kuranko [knk] of Sierra Leone. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Mande, Western, Central-Southwestern, Central, Manding-Jogo, Manding-Vai, Manding-Mokole, Mokole |
| Language use | Positive attitude. |
| Comments | Muslim. |
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