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- ↑ Diallo, Alpha Mamadou, Usages et images des langues en guinée, Université de Conakry.
- ↑ Diallo, Amadou; Étude sur le rôle de l'éducation non formelle dans la stratégie de réduction de la pauvreté (SRP) en Guinée, Ministère du Plan de la République de Guinée/ GTZ, Conakry 3/2006. Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Effectuated by decree 019/PRG/SGG/89
- Académie des langues, République de Guinée (1976). Alphabet national des langues de la République de Guinée.
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