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Description
The Republic of Guinea is a multilingual country, with over 40 languages spoken. The official language is French, which was inherited from colonial rule. [1]
Several indigenous languages have been given the status of national languages:
- Fula or Pular - also known as Fulani, Fulah or Fulfulde. Spoken by 33.9% of the population in 2018. [2]
- Mandinka or Malinke - also known as Mandingo. spoken by 29.4% of the population [3]
- Susu - spoken by 21.2% of the population [4]
- Kissi
- Kpelle or Guerze
- Loma
Word List(s)
- French Genealogical Word List - FamilySearch Wiki
- French Core 100 Word List - FrenchPod101
- 5000 Most Common French Words - MemRise
- Useful phrases in Fula - Omniglot
Alphabet and Pronunciation
Alphabet
- French Alphabet - Wikiversity
- Fula Consonants and Vowels - Wikipedia
- Fula alphabet - Wikipedia
- Fula alphabets - Omniglot
- Araic alphabet for Mandinka - Omniglot
- Latin alphabet for Mandinka - Omniglot
- Susu alphabet - Omniglot
- Kissi alphabet - Omniglot
- Latin alphabet for Kpelle - Omniglot
- Latin alphabet for Loma - Omniglot
Pronunciation
- Your Ultimate French Pronunciation Guide - FrenchPod101
- Susu pronunciation - Omniglot
- Kissi pronunciation - Omniglot
Language Aids and Dictionaries
Dictionaries
- Cousin, Pierre-Henri. Collins French dictionary. Boston, Mass.: Credo Reference, 2012. Available at: WorldCat.
- Taylor, F W. A Fulani-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1932. Available at: WorldCat.
- Jauro, Yusuf Salihu and Aquilina Mawadza. Fulani-English/English-Fulani dictionary & phrasebook. New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., 2019. Available at: WorldCat.
- Ashrif, Mohamed I and B K Sidibe. English-Mandinka dictionary. Banjul, Gambia: WEC International, 1984. Available at: WorldCat.
- Childs, George Tucker. A dictionary of the Kisi language with an English-Kisi index. Köln: Köppe, 2000. Available at: WorldCat.
- Leidenfrost, Theodore E and John S McKay. Kpelle-English dictionary. Totota: Kpelle Literacy Center, Lutheran Church in Liberia, 1973. Available at: WorldCat.
Online Dictionaries
- Dictionary French - French - Glosbe
- Dictionary English - Fulah - Glosbe
- Dictionary English - Pular - Glosbe
- Dictionary English - Mandinka - Glosbe
- Dictionary English - Susu - Glosbe
- Dictionary English - Northern Kissi - Glosbe
- Dictionary English - Kpelle - Glosbe
Language Aids
- Gamble, David P. Mandinka grammar. n.p.: n.p., 1949. Available at: WorldCat.
- Brunton, Henry. A grammar and vocabulary of the Susu language. n.p.: n.p., n.d.. Available at: WorldCat.
- Childs, G Tucker. A Grammar of Kissi. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter De Gruyter Mouton, 1995. Available at: WorldCat.
- French Grammar - Omniglot
- Pular language grammar - Wikipedia
Additional Resources
- Languages of Guinea - Wikipedia
References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Languages of Guinea," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Guinea#:~:text=The%20Republic%20of%20Guinea%20is%20a%20multilingual%20country%2C, accessed 27 Oct 2021.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Guinea," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea#Languages#:~:text=Pulaar%20was%20spoken%20by%2033.9%25%20of%20the%20population%20in%202018, accessed 27 Oct 2021.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Guinea," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea#Languages#:~:text=followed%20by%20Mandingo%2C%20with%2029.4%25, accessed 27 Oct 2021.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Guinea," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea#Languages#:~:text=the%20Susu%2C%20spoken%20by%2021.2%25%20of%20the%20population, accessed 27 Oct 2021.