Kuranko
Native toSierra Leone, Guinea
EthnicityKuranko people
Native speakers
420,000 in Sierra Leone (2019)
240,000 in Guinea (2017 census)
Total: 650,000 (2017-2019)[1]
Niger–Congo
  • Mande
    • Western Mande
      • Central–Western
        • Central Mande
          • Manding–Jogo
            • Manding–Vai
Language codes
ISO 639-3knk
Glottologkura1250

Kuranko is a Mande language spoken in Southwestern Africa by approximately 350,000 Kuranko people in Sierra Leone and Guinea. In Guinea it blends into Eastern Maninkakan dialectologically, but the people are ethnically distinct.

References

  1. ↑ Kuranko at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon


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