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Yalunka
Jalonke, Dialonke
Native toGuinea
RegionSoutheastern Guinea, Senegal–Mali border
EthnicityYalunka people
Native speakers
181,000 (2002–2017)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo
  • Mande
    • Western Mande
      • Central
        • Susu–Yalunka
          • Yalunka
Language codes
ISO 639-3yal
Glottologyalu1240

Yalunka (also spelled Yalunke, Jalonke, Kjalonke, Dyalonké, Djallonké, or Dialonké)[2] is the language of the Yalunka people of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, and Senegal in West Africa. It is in the Mande language family. Yalunka is closely related to the Susu language.[3]

  1. ^ Yalunka at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Yalunka (Langue)".
  3. ^ Pruett, Greg. "Yalunka Language Dictionary with Definitions in Susu, French, and English". https://www.academia.edu/44535883/Yalunka_Dictionary_with_Definitions_in_Susu_French_and_English.

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