Sua language

Niger–Congo language spoken in Guinea-Bissau
Sua
Mansoanka
Native toGuinea-Bissau
Native speakers
21,000 (2022)[1]
Language family
Dialects
  • Nrenghanan
  • Nsinghnan
  • Buntchan
  • Mneliman
Writing system
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3msw
Glottologmans1259
ELPMansoanka

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

  1. ^ Sua at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
  3. ^ 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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