Vai–Kono languages explained

Vai–Kono
Region:Liberia and Sierra Leone
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam1:Niger–Congo
Fam2:Mande
Fam3:Western Mande
Child1:Vai
Child2:Kono
Glotto:vaik1238
Glottorefname:Vai-Kono
Child3:Dama?

The Vai–Kono languages, Vai and Kono, form a branch of the Mande languages spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Extinct Dama is said to have been similar and thus may have been related.