Kulango languages explained

Kulango
Also Known As:Kulango–Lorhon
Region:Ivory Coast, Ghana, Burkina Faso
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Savannas
Glotto:kula1283
Glottorefname:Kulango–Lorom
Map:Kulango languages map.svg

The Kulango or Kulango–Lorhon languages are spoken principally in Ivory Coast. They were once classified as part of an expanded Gur (Voltaic) family and are now part of the Savannas proposal.

The languages distinguished by Ethnologue are:

which are not mutually intelligible. According to Ethnologue, Lomakka is closer to Bondoukou Kulango than Téén is, and Téén is closer to Lomakka and Bouna Kulango than it is to Bondoukou Kulango.