Kono language
Kɔnɔ | |
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Native to | Sierra Leone |
Region | East |
Native speakers | 210,000 (2006)[1] |
Niger–Congo ?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
kno |
Glottolog |
kono1268 [2] |
The Kono language (Kɔnɔ) is a language spoken in Sierra Leone by the Kono people. The Kono District is situated in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone and contains 14 chiefdoms, each headed by a Paramount Chief. The language varies slightly between chiefdoms.
References
- ↑ Kɔnɔ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kono (Sierra Leone)". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Chiefdom Map of Sierra Leone: OCHA Humanitarian Information Centre and Sierra Leone Information Service, 2001. .
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