Southern Kisi

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Kissi (or Kisi) is a Mel language of West Africa, closely related to Temne of Sierra Leone. There are two dialects, northern and southern. The northern dialect is spoken in Guinea and in Sierra Leone. In its northern form, it often uses loanwords from the Malinke and the Mende language. The southern dialect is spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. The two dialects are notably different, but are closely related. In Guinea, the main places Kissi is spoken are the cities of Kissidougou and Guéckédou and their préfectures.
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Names (more)

[en] Kisi, Southern

Language type : Living

Language resources for Southern Kisi

Open Languages Archives

Wiktionnaire - Catégorie:kisi méridional [fr]

Technical notes

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Following BCP 47 the recommended tag for this language is kss.

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ISO 639 Codes

ISO 639-3 : kss

Linked Data URIs

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/kss
http://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:kss

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Sources

Authority documentation for ISO 639 identifier: kss

Freebase ISO 639-3 : kss
GeoNames.org Country Information

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