Yalunka language

Yalunka language

language
name=Yalunka
nativename=Yalunkakui ?
familycolor=Niger-Congo
fam2=Mande
fam3=Western Mande
fam4=Central-Southwestern
fam5=Central
fam6=Susu-Yalunka
states=Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone
region=Southern Guinea, Senegal-Mali border
speakers=over 100,000
iso2=yal
iso3=yal

Yalunka (or Jallonka) is the language of the Yalunka people of Guinea, Mali, Senegal, and Sierra Leone in West Africa. It is in the Mande language family.

Yalunka is closely related to the Susu language.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=yal "Ethnologue" report on Yalunka]


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