Guineans

West African nationals

Guineans are people from Guinea, a West African nation on the Atlantic coast.

The term can also refer to people from Guinea-Bissau or Equatorial Guinea, though context usually makes clear which country is meant.

Guineans speak French as their official language.

ethnicity

Fulani

West African ethnic group

diversity · multilingual

culture

griot

African oral tradition keeper

  • koraAfrican bridge-harp with twenty-one strings
  • boubouLoose African robe
  • calabashGourd used as vessel

folklore · storytelling · ancestry · rituals · festivals · animism · Islam · rites · masquerade · initiation

geography

Atlantic

Ocean bordering Europe

savanna · rainforest · bauxite · laterite · sub-Saharan · equatorial

nationality

citizenship

Status as state member

expatriate · emigrant · immigrant · naturalization · native · resident · inhabitant · homeland · patriotism · allegiance

language

French

Of or from Paris's nation

Niger-Congo

Opposites
regional/neighboring nationality contrast

GuineansSenegalese

Of a Francophone West African nation

Liberians · Malians · Ivorians · Gambians

colonial linguistic heritage

GuineansNigerians

West African country's people

Ghanaians · Angolans · Mozambicans

Phrases
Family

Guinea, guinea, guineas

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G