Sua language

Not to be confused with Bila language.

Sua
Mansoanka
Native to	Guinea-Bissau
Native speakers	17,000 (2006)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Mel Sua
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`msw`
Glottolog	`mans1259`^[2]

Sua, also known as Mansoanka or Kunante, is a Mel language of Guinea-Bissau.

Glottolog classifies it with Mbulungish.^[2]

References

↑ Sua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
1 2 Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Mansoanka". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Guillaume Segerer & Florian Lionnet 2010. "'Isolates' in 'Atlantic'". Language Isolates in Africa workshop, Lyon, Dec. 4

Languages of Guinea

Official language	French

National languages	Fula Malinké Susu Kissi Kpelle Toma

Indigenous languages	Badyara Baga Bambara Bassari Dan Dyula Landoma Limba Maninka Mano Pular Sua Wamey Yalunka Zialo

Languages of Guinea-Bissau

Official language	Portuguese

Non-official languages	Badyara Bainouk-Gunyuño Balanta-Kentohe Bassari Bayot Biafada Bijago Fula Creole Jola-Felupe Jola-Fonyi Kasanga Kobiana Mandinka Mandjak Mankanya Mansoanka Nalu Papel Soninke

Languages of Sierra Leone

Official language	English

Indigenous languages	Fula Klao Kono Kissi Kuranko Limba Loko Maninka Mende Pular Sherbro Sua Susu Temne Yalunka

Creole languages	Krio

"Honorary Official" language	Bengali

Jola	Bayot Fonyi Banjaal Gusilay. Ejamat Kasa Kuwaataay Karon Mlomp

Other	Balanta Bayot Bijago Mandjak Mankanya Papel

Fula–Tenda	Basari Bedik Bapeng Biafada Fula Konyagi Lehar Ndut Noon Pajade Palor Safen Serer

Others	Baga Pokur Banyum Kasanga Kobiana Mbulungish Nalu Wolof

Others

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