LOK ISO 639-3
Loko
Landogo Autonym
A language of Sierra Leone
- ISO 639
- lok
- Autonym
- Landogo
- Population
- 208,000 (2019).
- Location:
- Northern province: Bombali district; Bumpe, Koya, and Ribbi chiefdom areas; Sanda Loko chiefdom.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Mande, Western, Central-Southwestern, Southwestern, Mende-Loma, Mende-Bandi, Mende-Loko
- Dialects
- Magbiambo, Gbendembu, Ngoahu, Nagbanmba, Sanda, Laia, Libisegahun, Koya, Ribbi, Buya. Reportedly similar to Mende [men].
- Language Development
- Texts. NT: 1983.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Loko
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Traditional religion, Muslim.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Northern province: Bombali district; Bumpe, Koya, and Ribbi chiefdom areas; Sanda Loko chiefdom.
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