Kono language

Spoken in

Niger - Congo

  • Mande West -Mande centrally Manding - Jogo Manding - Vai Vai - Kono

Kno

Kono ( proper name Kɔnɔ ) is a language that is spoken in Sierra Leone by the people of Kono.

The district of Kono is located in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone and contains 14 chiefdoms, each led by a Paramount Chief. The Kono language varies slightly depending on the chiefdom.

There is also a Kono dialect of the Kpelle language that is spoken in Guinea (ISO 639-3 code knu ) and a Kono dialect that is spoken in Nigeria (ISO 639-3 code klk ).

Swell

  • Chiefdom Map of Sierra Leone: OCHA Humanitarian Information Centre and Sierra Leone Information Service, 2001 ..
  • Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed. ), 2005 Ethnologue: . Languages ​​of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.:. SIL International. Online version.
  • Mande languages
  • Single language
Language family Kono District Eastern Province, Sierra Leone
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