Kono language

Kono language

Infobox Language
name=Kono
states=Sierra Leone
region=East
speakers=190,000
familycolor=Niger-Congo
fam2=Mande
fam3=Western Mande
fam4=Central
fam5=Manding-Jogo
fam5=Manding-Vai
fam6=Vai-Kono
iso2="none"|iso3=kno

The Kono language (pronounced Konnoh) 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.

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").

References

*Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. [http://www.ethnologue.com/ Online version] .

*Chiefdom Map of Sierra Leone: OCHA Humanitarian Information Centre and Sierra Leone Information Service, 2001. [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900LargeMaps/SKAR-64GBT4?OpenDocument&cc=sle] .


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