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Preferred term

kpeKpelle  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Kpelle language is spoken by the Kpelle people and is part of the Mande family of languages. Guinean Kpelle (known as Guerze in French), spoken by half a million people, concentrated primarily, but not exclusively, in the forest regions of Guinea, whose capital, Nzérékoré, is the third largest city in Guinea and the largest city in the Guinée Forestière region of south-eastern Guinea bordering Liberia, Ivory Coast, and Sierra Leone. Liberian Kpelle, spoken by half again as many, is currently taught in schools in Liberia.

Entry terms

  • Kpelle language

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • kpe

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • kpe

ISO 639-3 code

  • kpe

Notation

  • kpe

In other languages

  • kpellé

    French

  • Kpèllé
  • Kpelle

    German

  • Kpelle-Sprache
  • kpelle

    Italian

  • kpelle

    Portuguese

  • Língua kpelle
  • kpelle

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/kpe

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