Kuranko
Kuranko is a Mande language spoken in Guinea and Sierra Leone.
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Kuranko is a Mande language spoken in Southwestern Africa by approximately 350,000 Kuranko people in Sierra Leone and Guinea. In Guinea it blends into Eastern Maninkakan dialectologically, but the people are ethnically distinct.
From Wikipedia · Kuranko language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Kuranko
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mogo* | |
| name | togo* | |
| eye | ya* | |
| ear | tolo* | |
| nose | su* | |
| tooth | 5in* | |
| tongue | nEmE* | |
| hand | bolo* | |
| blood | yele* | |
| bone | kono* | |
| skin | gbolo* | |
| knee | kunbElE* | |
| breast | ki* | |
| liver | biya* | |
| water | yí | |
| fire | ta* | |
| sun | tele* | |
| star | lolo* | |
| stone | kuru* | |
| mountain | konko* | |
| tree | ko* | |
| leaf | yanba* | |
| night | su* | |
| dog | wulu* | |
| fish | yEgE* | |
| louse | karangba* | |
| one | kele* | |
| two | fela* | |
| I | n* | |
| you | i* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- MixiforeMande69% alike
- Lele (Guinea)Mande68% alike
- KakabeMande67% alike
- Sankaran ManinkaMande60% alike
- WojenakaMande57% alike
- Kita ManinkakanMande56% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · kura1250 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · knk