Kono (language)

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Kɔnɔ

Spoken in

Sierra LeoneSierra Leone Sierra Leone
speaker 306,000 (2015)
Linguistic
classification

Niger-Congo

  • Mande
    • West Mande
      • Central
        • Manding-Jogo
          • Manding-Vai
            • Vai-Kono
    Kono
Language codes
ISO 639-3

kno

Kono (own name Kɔnɔ ) is a language spoken by the Kono people in Sierra Leone . In 2015 there were almost 307,000 native speakers.

The Kono District 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 chieftainship.

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

literature

  • Chiefdom Map of Sierra Leone: OCHA Humanitarian Information Center and Sierra Leone Information Service, 2001. [1] .
  • Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages ​​of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex .: SIL International. Online version .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sierra Leone 2015 Population and Housing Census national analytical report. Statistics Sierra Leone, October 2017, p. 89ff.