Kuranko

KNK

developing

Alternate Names: Koranko

Dialects: Barrawa, Mankaliya, Mongo, Ney, Nieni, Sambaya, Sengbe. Guinean Kuranko varieties represent a dialectal continuum between the Sierra-Leonean Kuranko and Eastern Maninkakan ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Mande
Western
Central-Southwestern
Central
Manding-Jogo
Manding-Vai
Manding-Mokole
Mokole

Demographics: 268,000 in Sierra Leone (2006). Population total all countries: 323,200.

Language Use: Also use English [eng].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 5%. Dictionary. Bible: 2008.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Sierra Leone

Other Comments: Traditional religion, Muslim.