• Source: Languages of Guinea

The Republic of Guinea is a multilingual country, with over 40 languages spoken. The official language is French.
Several indigenous languages have been given the status of national languages: Fula (or Pular); Malinké (or Maninka); Susu; Kissi; Kpelle (also known in French as Guerzé) and Loma.
Guinea is a Francophone country, where, as of 2024, 4,11 million (27.83%) out of 14.76 million people speak French.




Government and institutions


French is the language of state and of official institutions. It is used as a second language by 15% to 25% of the population, and as a first language by a negligible portion of the population. At the end of the Ahmed Sékou Touré regime, French was the only language used in business and schools.




By region


Fula (34.6%) is mostly spoken in Middle Guinea, where the major city is Labé. It dominates in the Labé and Mamou regions where it is spoken by 94.5% and 92.4% of the populations respectively.
Malinké (24.9%) is mostly spoken in Upper Guinea, where Kankan is the major city. It dominates the Kankan Region where it is spoken by 87.1% of the population. The Kankan variety of the language was used by Solomana Kante for the development of N'Ko, a standardized unified written Manding language, which is increasingly used in literacy education and publishing books and newspapers in Guinea and neighboring countries.
Susu (17.7%) is mostly spoken in Guinée maritime, where the capital is Conakry. It dominates the Kindia Region where it is spoken by 54.9% of the population and the plurality (37%) of Conakry also speaks it.
Koniaka (4.5%), Kissi (4.1%) and Kpelle (4%) are spoken in Guinée Forestière. More specifically, Kpelle is spoken in Nzérékoré and Yomou. Kissi is spoken in Guéckédou and Kissidougou. Kono is a language used in the south of Guinea, mostly in Lola.




= Conakry

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According to a report by Alpha Mamadou Diallo, the first language of inhabitants of the city of Conakry in decreasing order was: pular 42%, susu 20%, maninka with koniaka 19%, Kissi 4%, Guerzé 4%, French 2% and Toma 2%.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Rumpun bahasa Trans-Nugini
• Daftar negara yang menuturkan bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa resmi
• Sidney Herbert Ray
• Rumpun bahasa Austronesia
• Bahasa Portugis di Afrika
• Bahasa Ternate
• Rumpun bahasa Papua
• Rumpun bahasa Nimboran
• Rumpun bahasa Kolopom
• Papua (wilayah Indonesia)
• Languages of Guinea
• Trans–New Guinea languages
• Languages of Papua New Guinea
• Languages of Guinea-Bissau
• Demographics of Equatorial Guinea
• Indigenous people of New Guinea
• Border languages (New Guinea)
• North New Guinea languages
• Guinea
• Papuan languages