Talk:Guinea
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[edit] Language
I know Guinea so that there are a lot of languages. The most important was in Conakry the language "soussou". The old president S. Touré and his entourage did prefer of course his own language "malinké", a variante of the big language family "bambara".
--oui 20:39, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- I just did some work on Susu language (aka Soussou) and some other aspects. There needs to be more work on the languages aspect, still... --A12n 18:06, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Culture : bad link
in section Culture :
- "main article : Culture of Guinea"
is a redirect to Guinea. Should some of the culture have been lost? — MFH:Talk 01:10, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
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- I don't think we've lost anything we used to have - Culture of Guinea has only ever been a redirect. It certainly shouldn't be, though. It just makes us look like we have an article that we should have but don't. I'll list it for deletion. Once I work out where to do that... --Cherry blossom tree 10:42, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Guinea
Could you guys post more info on Guinea? I love your web site, but you shouldn't have 10 pages of Samus Aran (thanks for the info on that), and 4 on Guinea. Maybe you could put more culture on there, and sports.
- Yeah, you're right, articles such as this one are under-represented on Wikipedia. People tend to write on what they know and are interested in and most of the people who edit Wikipedia are more interested in Samus Aran than Guinea. See WP:CSB for more on this. There is more information on Guinea in the various sub-pages, if you hadn't seen them. History of Guinea, Geography of Guinea, Economy of Guinea and so on.--Cherry blossom tree 22:45, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I am doing a huge report on Guinea- yet I dont have any information on it. I am leaving on a trip to help with the Katrina mess, tomorrow (3/16), and I am not allowed to bring homework on it. Please- I really need to get this done wow. i'm doing a project of Guinea too. amazing!
- Could I echo this request for expansion, after reviewing for Version 0.5? Guinea seems very sparse compared to some other countries such as Eritrea. Thanks, Walkerma 05:41, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Guinea Etymology
What is the source for the conjecture that the word originates in a Berber language? OED says origin unkown...
- From the Hearsaypedia: Two of the possible origins are: (1) Jenne (Djenné), which European Explorers heard along the coast as the origin of gold they encountered; (2) an incident where European explorers landed and encountered women doing the wash or something, and when they asked what is this place, the women, not understanding (you know, the proverbial language barrier), responded that they were only women (or one of them said I am just a woman) - go speak to the men. The phrase the woman/women used was heard as simething like Guinea. Take your pick, though I usually heard a version of the latter when in Guinea. If true that exhasperated wonan's response led to the naming of a lot of countries and geography worldwide.--A12n 18:15, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
