Alternate Names: Akpese, Gbese, Gerse, Gerze, Guerze, Kpele, Kpelese, Kpelesetina, Kperese, Kpese, Kpwessi, Northern Kpele, Pessa, Pessy
Dialects: Central Kpelle, Gbali, Heghe. Different enough from Kpelle , of Liberia to need separate materials. Lexical similarity: 52%–67% with Kono ,. A member of macrolanguage Kpelle ,.
Status Notes: De facto language of national identity.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 460,000 (2012 V. Vydrin).
Language Development: Was taught in school under the 1st Republic (before 1984). Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 2008.
Spoken In: Guinea
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Guinea
Other Comments: ’Guerze’ is the French name. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.