The Mano language, also known as Maa, Mah, and Mawe, is a significant

Mande Mande may refer to: * Mandé peoples of western Africa * Mande languages * Manding, a term covering a subgroup of Mande peoples, and sometimes used for one of them, Mandinka * Garo people of northeastern India and northern Bangladesh * Mande River ...

language of

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its south and southwest. It ...

and Guinea. It is spoken primarily in

Nimba County Nimba County is a county in northeastern Liberia that shares borders with the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire in the East and the Republic of Guinea in the Northwest. Its capital city is Sanniquellie and its most populous city is Ganta. With the c ...

in north-central Liberia and in

Nzérékoré Nzérékoré ( N’ko: , Adlam: ; also spelled N'Zérékoré) is the second-largest city in Guinea by population after the capital, Conakry, and the largest city in the Guinée forestière region of southeastern Guinea. The city is the capita ...

, Lola and

Yomou Prefecture Yomou is a prefecture located in the Nzérékoré Region of Guinea. The capital and principal town of the prefecture is Yomou. The prefecture covers an area of 3,920 km.² and has an estimated population of 114,371. As of 2005, Yomou town ...

s in Guinea.

Phonology

Khatchaturyan, Maria. 2015
Grammaire du mano
''Mandenkan'' 54, 1-252.

Vowels

Consonants

Tones

The language has nine register and contour tones.

Sample Text

References

Mande languages Languages of Guinea Languages of Liberia Mano people {{Mande-lang-stub