Mel languages

The Mel languages form a branch of the Niger-Congo languages and are common in the West African countries of Guinea-Bissau , Guinea , Liberia and Sierra Leone . The most widespread individual language is Temne of the people of the same name with more than 1.85 million native speakers in Sierra Leone alone (as of 2015).

classification

• Niger Congo Languages
  • Atlantic Congo languages
    • Atlantic languages
      • South Atlantic languages
        • Mel
          • Bullom-Kissi
            • Kissi
              • Northern Kissi
              • Southern Kissi
            • Bullom
              • Northern
                • Crimea (Bom Kim; Bullom So)
              • Southern Bullom
                • Sherbro
          • Gola
          • Temne
            • Baga
              • Baga Kaloum
              • Baga Koga
              • Baga Manduri
              • Baga Pokur
              • Baga Sitemu
              • Baga Sobane
              • Landoma
            • Temne-Banta
              • Temne

See also

• Mande languages

literature

• Guillaume Segerer, Florian Lionnet: Isolates in Atlantic . Language Isolates in Africa December 4, 2010. ( available online )

Web links

• Mel languages; Ethnologue.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sierra Leone 2015 Population and Housing Census national analytical report. Statistics Sierra Leone, October 2017, p. 89ff.