Susu language
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| Susu | ||
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| Sosoxui | ||
| Spoken in | Guinea, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau | |
| Region | Coastal Guinea | |
| Total speakers | over 1 million | |
| Language family | Niger-Congo
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | None | |
| ISO 639-2 | sus | |
| ISO 639-3 | sus | |
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| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Susu (or Soussou or Sosoxui) is the language of the Susu people of Guinea, West Africa. It is in the Mande language family.
It is one of the national languages of Guinea and spoken mainly in the coastal region of the country. The language was also used by people in present-day Guinea as a trade language.
e.g. "I wama sigafe maakiti?" means "Do you want to go to the market?" in English.
Susu is closely related to the Yalunka language.
[edit] External links
- Ethnologue report on Susu
- Portions of the Book of Common Prayer in Susu and English 1861 translation
- PanAfrican L10n page on Susu
- Susu alphabet and phonology
- Peace Corps Susu language manual
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