Kono

A language of Guinea

ISO 639: knu
Population: 99,300 (2017 census).
Location:: Nzérékoré region: Lola prefecture, east of Morissimandougou to Cote d’Ivoire border.
Language Status: 6a* (Vigorous).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Mande, Western, Central-Southwestern, Southwestern, Kpelle
Dialects: Klo, Guu, Lora, Mohuru Ta, Zokota, Vee Po, Nanaa. Lexical similarity: 52%–67% with Kpelle [gkp].
Language Use: Also use Eastern Maninkakan [emk]. Used as L2 by Konyanka Maninka [mku].
Other Comments: Different from Kono [kno] of Sierra Leone.

Location: Nzérékoré region: Lola prefecture, east of Morissimandougou to Cote d’Ivoire border.