Susu

Sosoxui

Susu is a Mande language spoken in Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Guinea-Bissau, by about 2.4 million people.

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Susu · 10.4°N 13.4°W

Susu (endonym: Susu: Sosoxui; French: Soussou) is the language of the Susu or Soso people of Guinea and Sierra Leone, West Africa. It is in the Mande language family, and its closest relative is Yalunka.

It is one of the national languages of Guinea and spoken mainly in the coastal region of the country.

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Written down

Adamadie birin barixinɛ e lan yɛtɛralui kui, yɛtɛ kolonyi nun yɛtɛ suxu kima. Fondoe nun faxamui na e bɛ boresuxu kima bariboreya fanyi kui.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Susu

Meaning	Word	Romanization
woman	gine
person	mixi*
name	xili*
eye	ya*
ear	tuli*
nose	5wE*
tooth	5in*
tongue	nEn*
hand	yi*
blood	wuli*
bone	xori*
skin	kiri*
knee	xinbi*
breast	xi5E*
liver	bo5E*
water	yéé
fire	tE*
sun	soge*
star	tunbu*
stone	gEmE*
mountain	geya*
tree	wuri*
leaf	buraxE*
night	ko*
dog	bare*
fish	yExE*
louse	karangbE*
one	keren*
two	firin*
I	n*