Mende

Endonyms

Mende, Mɛnde‎ (Mende), Mɛnde yia‎ (Mende yia)

Alternate Names

Mende, Boumpe, Hulo, Kossa, Kosso

Identifiers
ISO code

men

Glottocode

mend1266

Metadata
Countries of origin

Sierra Leone, Liberia

Also spoken in

Liberia, Sierra Leone

Writing systems

Latin, Mende Kikakui

Linguistic genealogy

Niger-Congo

EGIDS Status

3 - Wider communication

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