Susu language

E772784

Susu language is a Mande language of West Africa, primarily spoken by the Susu people in Guinea and neighboring countries.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Susu language canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic–Congo language
Mande language
language
alternativeName Soso
Soussou
Susu-Soso
autonym Sosoxui
basicWordOrder SOV
closelyRelatedTo Dialonké language
Yalunka language
ethnicGroup Susu people
glottocode susu1250
glottologName Susu
hasDialects rural Susu
urban Susu
hasMorphologicalFeature noun class-like agreement reduced
postpositions
verbal aspect marking
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature ATR vowel harmony (partial)
nasal vowels
tone language
iso639-1Code sus
iso639-2Code sus
iso639-3Code sus
languageFamily Mande languages
Niger–Congo languages
minorityLanguageIn Guinea-Bissau
Senegal
Sierra Leone
primaryCountry Guinea
region Boke Region
Coastal Guinea
linked to: Guinea Coast

Conakry
Kindia Region
spokenIn Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Senegal
Sierra Leone
West Africa
subfamilyOf Susu–Yalunka languages
Western Mande languages
linked to: Western Mande
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn Conakry
coastal Guinea
usedInEducation adult literacy programs in Guinea
usedInMedia radio broadcasting in Guinea
usedInReligion Islamic preaching in Susu communities
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Susu primaryLanguage Susu language
Sosso state language Susu language
Susu people language Susu language
Soussou language Susu language
Sosoxui refersTo Susu language
Sosoxui isAutonymFor Susu language
Susu Kingdom hasLanguage Susu language
subject linked to: Susu kingdom