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.
| Southern Mande | |
|---|---|
| Southeastern Mande | |
| Geographic distribution | Ivory Coast, Liberia |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo?
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| Glottolog | sout3140 |
Classification edit
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 edit
- Proto-South Mande reconstructions (Wiktionary)
References edit
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