| Kɔnɔ | |
| States: | Sierra Leone |
| Region: | East |
| Ethnicity: | Kono people |
| Date: | 2019 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam1: | Mande |
| Fam2: | Western Mande |
| Fam3: | Central |
| Fam4: | Manding–Jogo |
| Fam5: | Manding–Vai |
| Fam6: | Vai–Kono |
| Iso3: | kno |
| Glotto: | kono1268 |
| Glottorefname: | Kono (Sierra Leone) |
The Kono language (Kɔnɔ) is a language spoken in Sierra Leone by the Kono people. The Kono District is situated in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone and contains 14 chiefdoms, each headed by a Paramount Chief. The language varies slightly between chiefdoms.
Kono distinguishes high tone and low tone on syllables:[1] [2]
| tone | word | meaning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| high | pronounced as //kɔ́ɔ́// | 'to mature' | |
| low | pronounced as //kɔ̀ɔ̀// | 'rice' |