Manya

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A language of Liberia

ISO 639-3
mzj
Alternate Names
Mandingo, Maninya, Manya Kan, “Toma Maninya” (pej.), “Tuu Kɔlɔ Maninya” (pej.)
Autonym
Maninyakan
User Population

95,800 in Liberia (2020). Total users in all countries: 120,800.

Location

Lofa county: bordering Guinea.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Mande, Western, Central-Southwestern, Central, Manding-Jogo, Manding-Vai, Manding-Mokole, Manding, Manding-East, Southeastern Manding
Dialects

Gboninga, Kuaduka. Lexical similarity: 95% with Konyanka Maninka [mku], over 90% with Eastern Maninkakan [emk]. Dialects have over 98% shared vocabulary (2017 J. M. Sheppard).

Language Use

Many also use Eastern Maninkakan [emk]. Many also use Loma [lom]. Also use Liberian English [lir].

Language Development

Literature.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Manya
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Muslim.

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