Lele

LLC

vigorous

Dialects: Kassadou Lele (South Lele), Kounte Lele (Central Lele), Tangalto Lele (East Lele), Yombiro Lele (North Lele). Kassadou cannot understand Tangalto. Lexical similarity: 55% with Eastern Maninkakan , and Mogofin ,, 73% with Kuranko , of Sierra Leone.

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 23,000 (1998 B. Willits). 12,000 in Kissidougou Prefecture and 11,000 in Guekedou.

Language Use: Positive attitudes.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Guinea

Other Comments: Muslim.