Southern Kisi

Southern Kisi is written in the Latin script, spoken by about 360K people across 2 regions.

Script

Latin

Language tag

kss-Latn

Speakers

360K

Status

Living

Alphabet (52)

Auxiliary characters (118)

àU+00E0 ÀU+00C0 áU+00E1 ÁU+00C1 âU+00E2 ÂU+00C2 ǎU+01CE ǍU+01CD āU+0101 ĀU+0100

a̍

A̍

a᷄

A᷄

a᷅

A᷅

èU+00E8 ÈU+00C8 éU+00E9 ÉU+00C9 êU+00EA ÊU+00CA ěU+011B ĚU+011A ēU+0113 ĒU+0112

e̍

E̍

e᷄

E᷄

e᷅

E᷅

ɛ̀

Ɛ̀

ɛ́

Ɛ́

ɛ̂

Ɛ̂

ɛ̌

Ɛ̌

ɛ̄

Ɛ̄

ɛ̍

Ɛ̍

ɛ᷄

Ɛ᷄

ɛ᷅

Ɛ᷅

íU+00ED ÍU+00CD ìU+00EC ÌU+00CC îU+00EE ÎU+00CE ǐU+01D0 ǏU+01CF īU+012B ĪU+012A

i̍

I̍

i᷄

I᷄

i᷅

I᷅

m̄

M̄

ŋ̄

Ŋ̄

ŋ̍

Ŋ̍

óU+00F3 ÓU+00D3 òU+00F2 ÒU+00D2 ôU+00F4 ÔU+00D4 ōU+014D ŌU+014C

o̍

O̍

o᷄

O᷄

o᷅

O᷅

ɔ̀

Ɔ̀

ɔ́

Ɔ́

ɔ̂

Ɔ̂

ɔ̌

Ɔ̌

ɔ̄

Ɔ̄

ɔ̍

Ɔ̍

ɔ᷄

Ɔ᷄

ɔ᷅

Ɔ᷅

ùU+00F9 ÙU+00D9 úU+00FA ÚU+00DA ûU+00FB ÛU+00DB ūU+016B ŪU+016A

u̍

U̍

u᷄

U᷄

u᷅

U᷅

xU+0078 XU+0058 zU+007A ZU+005A

Combining marks (8)

◌̀U+0300 ◌́U+0301 ◌̂U+0302 ◌̄U+0304 ◌̌U+030C ◌̍U+030D ◌᷄U+1DC4 ◌᷅U+1DC5

Unicode blocks used

C0 Controls and Basic Latin (Basic Latin)C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement (Latin-1 Supplement)Latin Extended-A Latin Extended-B IPA Extensions Combining Diacritical Marks Combining Diacritical Marks Supplement

Where it's spoken

Liberia, Sierra Leone

Notes

Childs 1995 and Childs 2000 use c and ɲ but the Kisi orthography developped by the Lutheran Bible Translators uses ch and ny instead.\nChilds 1995 and Childs 2000 uses ◌̀ ◌́ ◌̂ ◌̌ to mark tones. Lutheran Bible Translators does not mark low tone.\nChilds 1995 and Childs 2000 use slightly different indeces, Childs 1995 has nd ŋ ŋg ŋ o and Childs 2000 has nd ɲ ɲj ŋ ŋg ŋgb o.\nBible Society in Liberia 2015 uses noticeably different tone marks (◌̄ ◌̍ ◌᷄ ◌᷅) in the online edition and may do so as well in the unverified printed edition.\nJW.org does not mark tone at all.