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Mande language spoken in West Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Kpelle | |
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Kpɛlɛwoo | |
Region | Liberia, Guinea, Ivory Coast |
Ethnicity | Kpelle people |
Native speakers | (1.3 million cited 1991–2012)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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African Reference Alphabet, Kpelle syllabary | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | kpe |
ISO 639-3 | kpe – inclusive codeIndividual codes: gkp – Guinea Kpellexpe – Liberia Kpelleknu – Kono |
Glottolog | kpel1252 |
The Lord's Prayer in Kpelle:[4]
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