Kpelle language

Spoken in

  • Niger - Congo languages Mande languages West -Mande Southwest Kpelle

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Kpe

Kpe

The Kpelle (also Kpele written ) is a language of the Mande group, a branch of the Niger - Congo languages ​​. Kpelle is spoken of also mentioned Kpelle ethnic group in Liberia ( 500,000 speakers) and Guinea ( 300,000 ).

The Kpelle developed for their language their own writing system, the Kpelle script. Wilton GS Sankawulo, writers and academics from the people of the Kpelle, later even Liberian President, translated the Bible into the language of the Kpelle.

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