Vai

VAI

developing

Alternate Names: Gallinas, Gallines, Vei, Vy

Dialects: None known. Different from Kono , of Sierra Leone.

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 104,000 in Liberia (2006). Population total all countries: 119,500.

Language Use: Also use English [eng], Gola [gol], Mende [men].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 10%. Grammar. NT: 2002.

Typology: SOV.

Writing System: Latin, Vai

Nation of Origin: Liberia

Other Comments: Muslim, traditional religion.