Loko

Loko is a Mande language spoken in Sierra Leone.

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Loko, or Landogo, is a Southwestern Mande language spoken by the Loko people, who primarily live in Northern Sierra Leone. There are two known dialects, Landogo and Logo, which are mutually intelligible. Ethnic Loko outnumber native Loko speakers due to the linguistic encroachment of Temne and Krio and urbanization to Freetown, where Loko is internally and externally seen as a low-prestige language.

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Words in Loko

Meaning	Word	Romanization
eye	ngauwEkE*
ear	Ngou*
nose	hogba*
tooth	ngongou*
tongue	nE*
hand	ngoxo*
blood	Nowa*
bone	kalE*
skin	ko*
knee	ngombi*
breast	Ni*
water	nCa*
fire	ngombu*
sun	folo*
stone	kotu*
tree	nguru*
leaf	ndaxa*
night	gbendi*
dog	ngila*
fish	5iE*
one	ida*
two	fele*
drink	nCabore*
see	naroa*
hear	meinga*
die	ha*
come	wa*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

Nearby languages

Timne West-Central Limba Bom-Kim East Limba Bullom So Yalunka Sierra Leone Sign Language Kono (Sierra Leone)Sherbro Guinean Sign Language

Elsewhere

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