1st grammar of Zialo, a newly discovered mande language

[tanamasi]

howdy?
the first grammar of Zialo, a newly discovered mande language from Guinee has come out.

http://linguistlist.org/issues/21/21-4220.html

cheers

[bubudi]

cheers for that!

i believe it's spoken by a small ethnic group in the south of guinea (near macenta) who call themselves ziolo. the language was previously thought to be a dialect of loma (toma) but there are differences that put it closer to mende and bandi, making it a language in its own right.

most ziolos are christian. they are believed to have migrated from liberia.