Mande · West Africa

Vai

Not endangered

Vai is documented so far only to the level of grammar.

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FamilyMande
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationGrammar
ISO 639-3vai
Glottocodevaii1241

Spoken in Liberia · Sierra Leone

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Mande's family tree with Vai.

  1. Kono (Sierra Leone)

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  2. Bambara

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  3. Bolon

    Threatened
    Long grammar

  4. Dyula

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  5. Eastern Maninkakan

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  6. Jahanka

    Not endangered
    Wordlist or less

  7. Kagoro

    Threatened
    Grammar

  8. Kakabe

    Threatened
    Long grammar

Reference data for Vai from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)