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The Mano language, also known as Maa, Mah, and Mawe, is a significant Mande language of Liberia and Guinea. It is spoken primarily in Nimba County in north-central Liberia and in Nzérékoré, Lola and Yomou Prefectures in Guinea.[1]

Mano
Region	Liberia, Guinea
Native speakers	390,000 (2012)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Mande Eastern Mande Southeastern Mano–Dan Mano
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mev
Glottolog	mann1248

Phonology

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Vowels

	Front		Central		Back
	oral	nasal	oral	nasal	oral	nasal
Close	i	ĩ			u	ũ
Close-mid	e				o
Open-mid	ɛ	ɛ̃			ɔ	ɔ̃
Open			a	ã

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labialized Velar	Velar-Labial
Nasals		m	n	ɲ	ŋ	ŋʷ
Plosives	voiceless	p	t		k	kʷ	k͡p
	voiced	b	d		g	ɡʷ	ɡ͡b
Implosive		ɓ
Fricatives	voiceless	f	s
	voiced	v	z
Approximants		w	l	j

Tones

The language has nine register and contour tones.

Sample Text

Kɛɛ pɛ séĩ é tĩã kɛɛ̀ ɓea, Wééa e ke ɓe. Wéé e kília e kɛ Wálà píé, ɛ̃ɛ̃ e kɛ Wálà ká. Wéé e kília e kɛ Wálà píé pɛ séĩ ga-gbɛ̃pìà. Wééa kolo làa lɛ́ Wálà e pɛ séĩ kɛɛ. Pɛ séĩ lɛ́ e ɓea dò wá ɓe kɛ à kɛɛ̀ é gɔ̃ kɛɛ̀á à kolo là. Kèɓe e kɛ Wééa yí. Kèɓe e kília e kɛ lɛ̀ fɔ̀nɔɔ̀ɔ ká mia lɛ̀ɛ. Lɛ̀ fɔ̀nɔɔ̀ɔ e kília, lɛ́ɛ̀ lɛ̀ fɔ̀nɔ bĩ tii bà, ɛ̃ɛ̃ bĩ tii e kília à kɔ̀ lɛ̀ɛ́ die do lɛ̀ fɔ̀nɔɔ̀ɔ là. Gɔ̃ doó lɛ́ ò si Zɔ̃ɔ̃ɔ e kɛ ɓe. Wálà lɛ́ e à vɔɔ.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made by him, and without him not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

— The Bible[4]

See also

• Languages of Liberia

References

На других языках

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- [en] Mano language

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[fr] Mano (langue)

Le mano est une langue mandée parlée au Liberia et en Guinée.

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[ru] Мано (язык)

Мано (мамия, маа) — язык народа Мано, один из языков манде (южная ветвь). Распространен в Либерии и Гвинеи в верховьях реки Кавалли (графство Нимба и провинция Нзерекоре). Зона распространения языка мано приблизительно совпадает с наиболее вероятной зоной обитания древнейшего мандеязычного населения. В словаре мано наиболее полно сохраняется лексика, реконструируемая для праманде. Число говорящих около 400 тысяч человек.

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