Niger-Congo family
Kpelle
c. 1000 CE – today Living
Kpelle (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Niger-Congo language. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Mande → Kpelle.
See Kpelle on the interactive map- Speakers
- 1.3M (1,300,000)
- ISO 639-3
- kpe
Southwestern Mande language, the most widely spoken indigenous language of Liberia.
Lineage
- Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
- Proto-Mandec. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
- Kpellec. 1000 CE – today
Sister languages 3
Also descended from Proto-Mande.