Southern Mande languages explained

Southern Mande
Also Known As:Southeastern Mande
Region:Ivory Coast, Liberia
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Mande
Fam3:Southeastern Mande
Glotto:sout3140
Glottorefname:Southeastern

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.

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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: African languages : an introduction. 2000. Cambridge University Press. Heine, Bernd . Nurse, Derek . 0521661781. Cambridge [England]. 42810789.
  2. Book: Valentin, Vydrin. On the problem of the Proto-Mande homeland.. 798912747.