[2] At the end of the Ahmed Sékou Touré regime, French was the only language used in business and schools.

[3] Malinké (24.9%) is mostly spoken in Upper Guinea, where Kankan is the major city.

[3] The Kankan variety of the language was used by Solomana Kante for the development of N'Ko, a standardized unified written Manding language, which is increasingly used in literacy education and publishing books and newspapers in Guinea and neighboring countries.

[6] It dominates the Kindia Region where it is spoken by 54.9% of the population and the plurality (37%) of Conakry also speaks it.

[3] French 70 - 80 % Local languages Susu Mandingo Fula Kissi Koniake Toma Gerze Baga ....