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Linguasphere-Register

lsr Root  9= TRANSAFRICAN phylosector  90= ATLANTIC phylozone
id name
90= ATLANTIC phylozone
list descendants
position
10.01
nodeType
innernode
also
Atlantic; old West-Atlantic less Mel
pdf
OL-SITE 1999-2000 MASTER ONE Sectors 9-Zones 90-94.pdf
lsrType
zone
grouping
phylo
lsrCountry
Gambia; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Senegal; Sierra Leone; with extension of Fula to Benin; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Chad; Mali; Niger; Nigeria; Sudan
notes
covers the "Atlantic" ("old West-Atlantic less Mel") reference area, within the "Transafrican" continental affinity; comprising 16 sets of languages (= 53 outer languages) spoken by communities in western West Africa, with an eastward extention of the Fulfulde-speaking (Fula, Peul) community as far as Sudan: 90-A WOLOF 90-B FULFULDE + SERER 90-C SAFEN + NDUT 90-D FONYI + KARON 90-E ESING + GUBARE 90-F MANDYAK + PAPEL 90-G BALANTA + GANJA 90-H BUY + HAAL 90-I BIAFADA + BAJAR 90-J ONIYAN + ONIK 90-K SUA 90-L NALUU 90-M MBULUNGISH 90-N BAGA-MBOTENI 90-O BIJOGO 90-P LIMBA + YIMBA
statistics
16 sets • 20 chains • 36 nets • 53 outerLanguages • 131 innerLanguages • 34 dialects • 153 leaves • 290 descendants • 2  with wikidataLinks • 30  with iso639Links • 29  with ethnologueLinks • 74  with glottologLinks
geoentityID geoentityName
af•w•GM Gambia | af•w•GN Guinea | af•w•GW Guinea-Bissau | af•w•SN Senegal | af•w•SL Sierra Leone | af•w•BJ Benin | af•w•BF Burkina Faso | af•c•CM Cameroon | af•c•TD Chad | af•w•ML Mali | af•w•NE Niger | af•w•NG Nigeria | af•n•SD Sudan
16 subdivisions
1* 90-A Wolof
2* 90-B Fulfulde + Serer
3* 90-C Safen + Ndut
4* 90-D Fonyi + Karon
5* 90-E Esing + Gubare
6* 90-F Mandyak + Papel
7* 90-G Balanta + Ganja
8* 90-H Nyamolo + Buy
9* 90-I Biafada + Pajade
10* 90-J Oniyan + Onik
11* 90-K Sua
12* 90-L Naluu
13* 90-M Mbulungish
14* 90-N Baga-Mboteni
15* 90-O Bijogo
16* 90-P Limba + Yimba

Requested by 18.97.14.84 at 2025-11-10 21:37:33 Europe/Berlin.

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