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ISO 639-3 · loklok
Niger–Congo family

Loko

Loko is a language of the Southwestern Mande branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Sierra Leone. Wikidata describes it as “language of Sierra Leone”.

5 · Developing
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
lok
Glottocode
loko1255
Wikipedia
10 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameLoko
Also calledLoko language

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Loko

The branches above Loko, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily51Mandebranch14Western Mandebranch5Southwestern MandebranchlokLokolanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Sierra Leone22 languages in the index

Also spoken in Sierra Leone

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalmyqManinkaNiger–Congo · 3.3 msusSusuNiger–Congo · 2.4 m4 · EducationalmnkMandinkaNiger–Congo · 1.4 m5 · DevelopingkriKriounclassified · 692,0003 · Wider CommunicationbsqBassaNiger–Congo · 420,0005 · DevelopingmenMendeNiger–Congo2 · ProvincialvaiVaiNiger–Congo5 · DevelopingtemTemneNiger–Congo2 · ProvincialyalYalunkaNiger–Congo5 · Developing