Kono language

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Kono
Spoken in: Sierra Leone 
Region: East
Total speakers: 190,000
Language family: Niger-Congo
 Mande
  Western Mande
   Central
    Manding-Vai
     Vai-Kono
      Kono
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: none
ISO 639-3: kno
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-​based pronunciation key.

The Kono language (pronounced Konnoh) is a language spoken in Sierra Leone by the Kono tribe. 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.

There is also a Kono dialect of the Kpelle language spoken in Guinea (ISO 639-3 code knu), and a Kono dialect spoken in Nigeria (ISO 639-3 code klk).

[edit] References

  • Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version.
  • Chiefdom Map of Sierra Leone: OCHA Humanitarian Information Centre and Sierra Leone Information Service, 2001. [1].


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