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Mende language

Mende /ˈmɛndi/ (Mɛnde yia) is a major language of Sierra Leone, with some speakers in neighboring Liberia and Guinea. It is spoken by the Mende people and by other ethnic groups as a regional lingua franca in southern Sierra Leone.

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Dialects
Ko · Kpa · Sewawa · Wanjama
Ethnicity
Mende people
Glottolog
mend1266
ISO 639-2
men
ISO 639-3
men
Language family
MandeWesternSouthwesternMende–LomaMende–BandiMende–LokoMende · WesternSouthwesternMende–LomaMende–BandiMende–LokoMende · SouthwesternMende–LomaMende–BandiMende–LokoMende · Mende–LomaMende–BandiMende–LokoMende · Mende–BandiMende–LokoMende

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Mende language

Nodes25
Edges24
Triples47
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.08
Components1

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Mende language

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related to External links · 10
Mende language → Bandi, Bibliography, Book, Common Prayer, LokoPortions, Mende, MendeThe Mende, OLAC, Omniglot, PanAfrican L10n
related to Film · 9
Mende language → Amistad, Blood Diamond, Georgia, Gullah, In, Lorenzo Dow Turner, Mende, Sierra Leone, The Language You Cry
related to Oral literature · 9
Mende language → Austrian, British, English, In, Mende, Migeod, Ralph Eberl-Elber, Sierra Leone, The Mende Language
Language family · 7
Mende language → MandeWesternSouthwesternMende–LomaMende–BandiMende–LokoMende, Mende, Mende–BandiMende–LokoMende, Mende–LokoMende, Mende–LomaMende–BandiMende–LokoMende, SouthwesternMende–LomaMende–BandiMende–LokoMende, WesternSouthwesternMende–LomaMende–BandiMende–LokoMende
Dialects · 4
Mende language → Ko, Kpa, Sewawa, Wanjama
Ethnicity · 1
Mende language → Mende people
Glottolog · 1
Mende language → mend1266
ISO 639-2 · 1
Mende language → men
ISO 639-3 · 1
Mende language → men
Native speakers · 1
Mende language → 2.5 million (2020–2021)

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Important terminology

mende language sierra leone symbols ipa published people liberia guinea english see latin mande translation unicode script article contains mɛnde

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Mende languageDialectsKo1.00infobox
Mende languageDialectsKpa1.00infobox
Mende languageDialectsSewawa1.00infobox
Mende languageDialectsWanjama1.00infobox
Mende languageEthnicityMende people1.00infobox
Mende languageGlottologmend12661.00infobox
Mende languageISO 639-2men1.00infobox
Mende languageISO 639-3men1.00infobox
Mende languageLanguage familyMandeWesternSouthwesternMende–LomaMende–BandiMende–LokoMende1.00infobox
Mende languageLanguage familyWesternSouthwesternMende–LomaMende–BandiMende–LokoMende1.00infobox
Mende languageLanguage familySouthwesternMende–LomaMende–BandiMende–LokoMende1.00infobox
Mende languageLanguage familyMende–LomaMende–BandiMende–LokoMende1.00infobox
Mende languageLanguage familyMende–BandiMende–LokoMende1.00infobox
Mende languageLanguage familyMende–LokoMende1.00infobox
Mende languageLanguage familyMende1.00infobox
Mende languageNative speakers2.5 million (2020–2021)1.00infobox
Mende languageNative toSierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea1.00infobox
Mende languageRegionSouth central Sierra Leone1.00infobox
Mende languageWriting systemLatin Mende Kikakui script1.00infobox

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