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Description[edit | edit source]
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 - 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)[edit | edit source]
- Useful phrases in Fula - Omniglot
Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Alphabet
- 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
- Susu pronunciation - Omniglot
- Kissi pronunciation - Omniglot
Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]
Dictionaries
- F W Taylor, A Fulani-English dictionary, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1932 - Available at WorldCat
- Yusuf Salihu Jauro & Aquilina Mawadza, Fulani-English/English-Fulani dictionary & phrasebook, New York : Hippocrene Books, Inc., 2019 - Available at WorldCat
- Mohamed I Ashrif & B K Sidibe, English-Mandinka dictionary, Banjul, Gambia : WEC International, 1984 - Available at WorldCat
- George Tucker Childs, A dictionary of the Kisi language with an English-Kisi index, Köln Köppe 2000 - Available at WorldCat
- Theodore E Leidenfrost & John S McKay, Kpelle-English dictionary, Totota : Kpelle Literacy Center, Lutheran Church in Liberia, 1973 - Available at WorldCat
Online Dictionaries
- 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
- Pular language grammar - Wikipedia
Additional Resources[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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.