Kono

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A language of Guinea

ISO 639-3
knu
User Population

99,300 (2017 census).

Location

Nzérékoré region: Lola prefecture, east of Morissimandougou to Cote d’Ivoire border.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Mande, Western, Central-Southwestern, Southwestern, Kpelle
Dialects

Klo, Guu, Lora, Mohuru Ta, Zokota, Vee Po, Nanaa. Lexical similarity: 52%–67% with Kpelle [gkp].

Language Use

Also use Eastern Maninkakan [emk]. Used as L2 by Konyanka Maninka [mku].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kono
Other Comments

Different from Kono [kno] of Sierra Leone.