ISO 639-3 · menmen
Niger–Congo family
Mende
Mende is a language of the Mande branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Wikidata describes it as “Mende language, natively spoken in Liberia and Sierra-Leone”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
men- Glottocode
mend1266- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- Wikipedia
- 30 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
2scripts
2levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Mende |
|---|---|
| Written in | Latin script, Mende Kikakui |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Mende
The branches above Mende, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Sierra Leone
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