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Sua language

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Sua
Mansoanka
Native to	Guinea-Bissau
Native speakers	21,000 (2022)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Sua
Dialects	Nrenghanan Nsinghnan Buntchan Mneliman
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`msw`
Glottolog	`mans1259`
ELP	Mansoanka

Sua, also known by other ethnic groups as MansoankaorKunante,^[2] is a divergent Niger–Congo language spoken in the Mansôa area of Guinea-Bissau.^[3]

References[edit]

^ SuaatEthnologue (27th ed., 2024)

^ Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.

^ Güldemann, Tom (2018). "Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa". In Güldemann, Tom (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of Africa. The World of Linguistics series. Vol. 11. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 58–444. doi:10.1515/9783110421668-002. ISBN 978-3-11-042606-9.

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

v t e Languages of Guinea
Official language	French
National languages	Fula Malinké (N'Ko) Susu Kissi Kpelle Toma
Indigenous languages	Badyara Baga Bambara Bassari Dan Dyula Landoma Limba Maninka Mano Pular Sua Wamey Yalunka Zialo
Immigrant languages	English French Punjabi Spanish Arabic Hindi Arabic Chinese Portuguese Japanese Russian

Languages of Guinea-Bissau

Official language

Portuguese

Non-official languages

Immigrant languages

Languages of Sierra Leone

Official language

English

Indigenous languages

Creole languages

Krio

Others

Fula–Tenda

Others

Mel

Rio Nunez

Others

Niger–Congo branches

Platoid	Jukunoid Kainji Plateau
Cross River	Central Delta Lower Cross River Ogoni Upper Cross River
Northern Bantoid	Dakoid Mambiloid Tikar
Southern Bantoid	Bantu Beboid Bendi Ekoid Grassfields Tivoid