Bullom languages explained

Bullom
Region:coastal Guinea
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Mel
Fam4:Bullom–Kisi
Glotto:bull1246
Glottorefname:Bullom

The Bullom languages are a small group of Mel languages spoken in Sierra Leone, including along the Bullom Shore. They were historically sometimes referred to as one language or dialect continuum, divided into Southern Bullom (Krim and Sherbro[1]) and Northern Bullom (Bullom So[2]).[3] The languages are:[4]

Bom (Krim), Bullom So (Mmani), Sherbro.

They are closely related to Kissi.

Notes and References

  1. Micah Corum, Substrate and Adstrate (2015), page 60
  2. G. Tucker Childs, A Grammar of Mani (2011), page 5
  3. African Language Review (1966), volume 5, page 140
  4. https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/bull1246 Bullom