Southern Mande languages
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The Southern Mande languages (called 'Southeastern Mande' in Kastenholz, who calls the superior Southeastern Mande node 'Eastern') are a branch of the Mande languages spoken across Ivory Coast and into Liberia.
Geographic
distributionIvory Coast, Liberia
distributionIvory Coast, Liberia
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
- Mande
- Southeastern Mande
- Southern Mande
- Southeastern Mande
Subdivisions
- Mano–Dan
- Nwa–Beng
| Southern Mande | |
|---|---|
| Southeastern Mande | |
| Geographic distribution | Ivory Coast, Liberia |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo?
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| Subdivisions |
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | sout3140 |
Classification
The following internal classification is from Dwyer (1989, 1996), as summarized in Williamson & Blench 2000.[1]
Vydrin (2009) places Mwan with Guro-Yaure.[2]
There is also an extinct Gbin language. Paperno classifies Gbin and Beng as two primary branches of Southern Mande.[citation needed]
See also
- Proto-South Mande reconstructions (Wiktionary)
