Loko language explained

Loko language should not be confused with Loko language (Nigeria).

Loko
Nativename:Landogo
Pronunciation:pronounced as //læn.dɔɣɔ//
States:Sierra Leone
Ethnicity:Loko people
Date:2019
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam1:Niger–Congo
Fam2:Mande
Fam3:Western Mande
Fam4:Southwestern
Dia1:Landogo
Dia2:Logo
Script:African reference alphabet
Iso3:lok
Glotto:loko1255
Glottorefname:Loko

Loko, or Landogo, is a Southwestern Mande language spoken by the Loko people, who primarily live in Northern Sierra Leone. There are two known dialects, Landogo and Logo, which are mutually intelligible. Ethnic Loko outnumber native Loko speakers due to the linguistic encroachment of Temne and Krio and urbanization to Freetown, where Loko is internally and externally seen as a low-prestige language.[1]

References

Notes and References

  1. Speed, Clarke Karney. Swears and Swearing Among Landogo of Sierra Leone: Aesthetics, Adjudication, and the Philosophy of Power. University of Washington, 1991.