Yalunka | |
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Jalonke, Dialonke | |
Native to | Guinea |
Region | Southeastern Guinea, Senegal–Mali border |
Ethnicity | Yalunka people |
Native speakers | 181,000 (2002–2017)[1] |
Niger–Congo
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | yal |
Glottolog | yalu1240 |
Yalunka (also spelled Yalunke, Jalonke, Kjalonke, Dyalonké, Djallonké, or Dialonké)[2] is the language of the Yalunka people of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, and Senegal in West Africa. It is in the Mande language family. Yalunka is closely related to the Susu language.[3]