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90= ATLANTIC phylozone |
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ATLANTIC |
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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 |
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16 Sets • 20 Chains • 36 Nets • 53 OuterLanguages • 131 InnerLanguages • 34 Dialects • 17 ISO-639-Relatives |
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Gambia
| Guinea
| Guinea-Bissau
| Senegal
| Sierra Leone
| Benin
| Burkina Faso
| Cameroon
| Chad
| Mali
| Niger
| Nigeria
| Sudan
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91= VOLTAIC phylozone |
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VOLTAIC |
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covers the "Gur" or "Voltaic" reference area within the "Volta-Congo" affinity, within the wider "Transafrican" continental affinity; comprising 9 sets of languages (= 76 outer languages) spoken by communities in central West Africa, in and around the upper Volta basin: 91-A JAMSAY+ DULERI 91-B SENARI+ KPALAGHA 91-C TUSYAN+ WIN 91-D TIEFO 91-E WARA+ NATIORO 91-F DOGOSO+ KHE 91-G KASEM+ MOORE 91-H CENKA* 91-I SIAMOU |
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9 Sets • 20 Chains • 43 Nets • 76 OuterLanguages • 251 InnerLanguages • 54 Dialects • 1 ISO-639-Relative |
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Benin
| Burkina Faso
| Côte d’Ivoire
| Ghana
| Mali
| Togo
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92= ADAMAWIC phylozone |
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ADAMAWIC |
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covers the "Adamawa" reference area within the "Volta-Congo" affinity, within the wider "Transafrican" continental affinity; comprising 3 sets of languages (= 59 outer languages) spoken by communities in interior eastern West Africa: 92-A WAJA+ JANJO 92-B MUMUYE+ SAMBA 92-C BUA+ BANGLING |
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3 Sets • 17 Chains • 27 Nets • 59 OuterLanguages • 173 InnerLanguages • 14 Dialects |
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Cameroon
| Chad
| Nigeria
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93= UBANGIC phylozone |
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UBANGIC |
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covers the "Ubangian" or "Eastern" grouping, part of the "Volta-Congo" affinity within the wider "Transafrican" continental affinity; comprising 2 sets of languages (= 37 outer languages) spoken by communities in northern Central Africa: 93-A BANDA+ GBAYA 93-B ZANDE+ PAMBIA |
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2 Sets • 8 Chains • 18 Nets • 37 OuterLanguages • 137 InnerLanguages • 65 Dialects • 11 ISO-639-Relatives |
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Cameroon
| Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Sudan
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94= MELIC phylozone |
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652 |
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MELIC |
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covers the "Mel" (southern "old West-Atlantic") grouping, part of the "Volta-Congo" affinity within the wider "Transafrican" continental affinity; comprising 2 sets of languages (= 7 outer languages) spoken by communities in coastal West Africa, between the Kogon and Loffa rivers: 94-A THEMNE+ LANDUMA 94-B KISI+ GOLA |
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2 Sets • 3 Chains • 4 Nets • 7 OuterLanguages • 17 InnerLanguages • 36 Dialects • 1 ISO-639-Relative |
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Guinea
| Liberia
| Sierra Leone
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95= KRUIC phylozone |
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654 |
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KRUIC |
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covers the "Kru" or Klao+ Aizi set, part of the "Volta-Congo" affinity within the "Transafrican" continental affinity; comprising 1 set of languages (= 28 outer languages) spoken by communities in coastal West Africa, between the Loffa and Bandama rivers: 95-A KLAO+ AIZI The less closely related language of the Seme set (part of a proposed "wider Kru" grouping) is covered by 91=Voltaic. |
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1 Set • 3 Chains • 3 Nets • 28 OuterLanguages • 155 InnerLanguages • 84 Dialects • 15 ISO-639-Relatives |
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Côte d’Ivoire
| Guinea
| Liberia
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96= AFRAMIC phylozone |
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AFRAMIC |
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covers the "West Kwa" reference area (the former western section of "old Kwa") within the "Volta-Congo" affinity, within the wider "Transafrican" continental affinity; comprising 13 sets of languages (= 66 outer languages) spoken by communities in West Africa, centered on the lower Volta (Afram) basin: 96-A AVIKAM+ ALADIAN96-B VE+ JUKRU 96-C BODIN+ KETIN 96-D TYAMA+ OGWIA 96-E EGA 96-F TWI+ NGBANDZI 96-G GISEDA+ EKPANA 96-H LELEMI+ SEKPELE 96-I KEGBERIKE+ ANIMERE 96-J IKPOSO+ AGO 96-K TRUGBU+ SIYA 96-L GA+ DANGME 96-M EWE+ FON |
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13 Sets • 24 Chains • 37 Nets • 66 OuterLanguages • 138 InnerLanguages • 103 Dialects • 8 ISO-639-Relatives |
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Benin
| Côte d’Ivoire
| Ghana
| Nigeria
| Togo
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Match 8 |
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97= DELTIC phylozone |
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668 |
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DELTIC |
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covers the "Niger-Delta" or "Deltoid" grouping, part of the "Transafrican" continental affinity; comprising 2 sets of languages (= 8 outer languages) spoken by communities in coastal West Africa, in and around the Niger Delta: 97-A IZON+ KALABARI 97-B DEFAKA These sets do not form part of the surrounding Volta-Congo affinity covered by phylozone 98=Benuic. |
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2 Sets • 2 Chains • 6 Nets • 8 OuterLanguages • 37 InnerLanguages • 4 Dialects • 1 ISO-639-Relative |
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Nigeria
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98= BENUIC phylozone |
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BENUIC |
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covers the "Benue+East Kwa" reference area (the north-western section of "old Benue-Congo", plus the eastern section of "old Kwa") within the "Volta-Congo" affinity, within the wider "Transafrican" continental affinity; comprising 11 sets of languages (= 209 outer languages) spoken by communities in eastern West Africa, centered on the lower Niger+ Benue basin, between the Togo Highlands and Cameroon Highlands: 98-A YORUBA+ IGALA 98-B NUPE+ EBIRA 98-C IDOMA+ ETULO 98-D UKAAN+ AKUNNU* 98-E OGORI+ OSAYEN 98-F EDO+ OKPAMHERI 98-G IGBO+ EKPEYE 98-H AGWARA+ EZELLE 98-I HYAM+ TAROK 98-J IBIBIO+ BEKWARRA 98-K JUNAARE+ DAKA A continuum of relationships among languages covered by phylozones 98=Benuic and 99=Bantuic passes through the transitional languages of the [98=] Junaare+ Tagbo (Mambila+ Samba-Daka) chain. |
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11 Sets • 25 Chains • 78 Nets • 209 OuterLanguages • 535 InnerLanguages • 223 Dialects • 6 ISO-639-Relatives |
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Cameroon
| Nigeria
| Togo
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99= BANTUIC phylozone |
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690 |
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BANTUIC |
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covers the "broad Bantu", "narrow Bantu+ Bantoid" or Isizulu+ Tiv set (the central-southern section of "old Benue-Congo") within the "Volta-Congo" affinity, within the wider "Transafrican" continental affinity; comprising 1 set of languages (= 259 outer-languages), spoken by communities throughout a major part of Africa south of the Sahara, from the Jos Plateau and Cameroon Highlands eastwards and southwards to the Indian Ocean and South Atlantic coasts: 99-A ISIZULU+ TIV including 1 arterial language: Kiswahili (Swahili) A continuum of relationships among languages covered by phylozones 98=Benuic and 99=Bantuic passes through the transitional languages of the [98=] Junaare+ Tagbo (Mambila+ Samba-Daka) chain. The “Wider Bantu" or Isizulu+Tiv set contains the largest group of closely related languages in the world, in terms of the number of idioms within a single set. Any sequential listing represents an over-simplification of the internal geographic links which bind adjacent languages more or less closely together in all directions, but the sequence imposed below is designed to lead the user through the increasingly close-knit relationships within this set, as one moves from West Africa towards Southern Africa. The languages of this phylozone and set, especially in Cameroon and parts of adjacent countries, illustrate how the linguasphere continues to operate as a fluid continuum, linguistic differences accumulating over long distances as one moves from community to community, but without the continuum of inter-intelligibility among neighbouring communities being interrupted severely along any consistent divide. In this situation, the classification of adjacent languages and dialects is often guided by local perceptions of ethno-linguistic identity. Wherever relevant, references to the Guthrian codes for "narrow" Bantu, e.g. bantu-A11, are included in column 3 below. The convention of an initial "widowed" hyphen has been employed in column 3, for this zone only, to facilitate the recording of linguistic and ethnic names without their traditional prefix. In the conventional citation of the names of Bantu languages in other sources, prefixes are sometimes distinguished by deferring the upper-case initial letter to the beginning of the stem, e.g. isiZulu. In the Linguasphere Register, this typographical device is employed for the citation of the reference names of outer-languages, in bold-type in columns 2 and 3, but only from chain [99=-AP] onwards (since separation of prefix from stem is less straight-forward in the languages of West Africa listed to that point). |
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1 Set • 21 Chains • 88 Nets • 259 OuterLanguages • 1239 InnerLanguages • 1159 Dialects • 91 ISO-639-Relatives |
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ISO-639-5-Collective-bnt Bantu
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GeoEntity C 1
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Botswana
| Cameroon
| Central African Republic
| Comoros
| Republic of the Congo
| Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Gabon
| Kenya
| Lesotho
| Malawi
| Mayotte
| Mozambique
| Namibia
| Nigeria
| Rwanda
| Somalia
| South Africa
| Sudan
| Swaziland
| Tanzania
| Uganda
| Zambia
| Zimbabwe
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