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Kpelle language information


Kpelle
Kpɛlɛwoo
RegionLiberia, Guinea, Ivory Coast
EthnicityKpelle people
Native speakers
(1.3 million cited 1991–2012)[1]
Language family
Niger-Congo?
  • Mande
    • Southwestern
      • Kpelle
Writing system
African reference alphabet, Kpelle syllabary
Language codes
ISO 639-2kpe
ISO 639-3kpe – inclusive code
Individual codes:
gkp – Guinea Kpelle
xpe – Liberia Kpelle
knu – Kono
Glottologkpel1252
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A Kpelle speaker, recorded in Liberia.

The Kpelle /kəˈpɛlə/[2] language (endonym: "Kpɛlɛɛ"[3]) is spoken by the Kpelle people of Liberia, Guinea and Ivory Coast and is part of the Mande language family. Guinean Kpelle (also known as Guerze in French), spoken by half a million people, is concentrated primarily, but not exclusively, in the southeastern forest regions of Guinea bordering Liberia, Ivory Coast, and Sierra Leone. Half a million Liberians speak Liberian Kpelle, which is taught in Liberian schools.

  1. ^ Kpelle at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Guinea Kpelle at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Liberia Kpelle at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Kono at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh
  3. ^ "Kpɛlɛɛ Kɔlɔi 2" [Kpelle reader #2]. 2nd ed. Totota: Kpelle Literacy Center, 1959, 1.

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