Alternate Names: Gizi, Kisi, Kisie, Kissien
Dialects: Kama, Liaro, Teng, Tung. Reportedly similar to Sherbro ,. Southern Kissi , of Liberia and Sierra Leone is different.
Status Notes: De facto language of national identity.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 287,000 in Guinea (Vanderaa 1991). Population total all countries: 327,000.
Language Use: Also use French [fra].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 10% in French. Literacy materials taught in school. Grammar. Bible: 2010.
Spoken In: Guinea
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Guinea
Other Comments: Many loanwords from Western Maninkakan ,. Traditional religion.