ISO 639:knk

Kuranko
Kuranko
Native to	Sierra Leone, Guinea
Ethnicity	Kuranko
Native speakers	670,000 (2017–2021)
Language family	Niger–Congo Mande Western Central–Western Central Manding–Jogo Manding–Vai Manding–Mokole Mokole Kuranko; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	knk
Glottolog	kura1250

Kuranko is a Mande language spoken in Southwestern Africa by approximately 350,000 Kuranko people in Sierra Leone and Guinea. In Guinea it blends into Eastern Maninkakan dialectologically, but the people are ethnically distinct.

References

v t e Languages of Sierra Leone
Official language	English
Indigenous languages	Fula Klao Kissi Kono Kuranko Limba Loko Maninka Mende Pular Sherbro Sua Susu Temne Yalunka
Creole languages	Krio

Authority control databases
National	France BnF data Israel United States
Other	IdRef