The Mah language, also known as Mano, Mah, Mah-Yacouba, and Mawe, is a significant
Mande
Mande may refer to:
* Mandé peoples of western Africa
* Mande languages, their Niger-Congo languages
* Manding languages, Manding, a term covering a subgroup of Mande peoples, and sometimes used for one of them, Mandinka people, Mandinka
* Garo p ...
language of
Liberia
Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to Guinea–Liberia border, its north, Ivory Coast to Ivory Coast–Lib ...
and
Guinea
Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...
. It is spoken primarily in
Nimba County in north-central Liberia and in
Nzérékoré
Nzérékoré ( N’ko: , Adlam: ; also spelled N'Zérékoré) is the second-largest city in Guinea by population after the capital, Conakry, and the largest city in the Guinée forestière region of southeastern Guinea. The city is the capital of ...
,
Lola and
Yomou Prefectures in Guinea.
Phonology
[Khatchaturyan, Maria. 2015]
Grammaire du mano
''Mandenkan'' 54, 1-252.
Vowels
Consonants
Tones
The language has nine register and contour tones.
Sample Text
See also
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Languages of Liberia
Liberia is a multilingual country where more than 20 indigenous languages are spoken. English is the official language, and Liberian Koloqua is the vernacular lingua franca, though mostly spoken as a second language.
The native Niger–Congo la ...
References
Mande languages
Languages of Guinea
Languages of Liberia
Mano people
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