Sua language
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Niger–Congo language spoken in Guinea-Bissau
Not to be confused with Bila language.
| Sua | |
|---|---|
| Mansoanka | |
| Native to | Guinea-Bissau |
Native speakers | 21,000 (2022)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | msw |
| Glottolog | mans1259 |
| ELP | Mansoanka |
Sua, also known by other ethnic groups as Mansoanka or Kunante,[2] is a divergent Niger–Congo language spoken in the Mansôa area of Guinea-Bissau.[3]
References
[edit ]- ^ Sua at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
- ^ Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
- ^ Güldemann, Tom (2018). "Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa". In Güldemann, Tom (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of Africa. The World of Linguistics series. Vol. 11. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 58–444. doi:10.1515/9783110421668-002. ISBN 978-3-11-042606-9.
- Guillaume Segerer & Florian Lionnet 2010. "'Isolates' in 'Atlantic'". Language Isolates in Africa workshop, Lyon, Dec. 4
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