CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: West Atlantic: Northern: Mbulungish-Nalu
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:142
LANGUAGE:Nalu
LOCATION:Guinea Bissau
POPULATION:10,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: West Atlantic: Northern: Mbulungish-Nalu
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:143
LANGUAGE:Sua
ALTERNATEN:Mansoanka
LOCATION:Guinea Bissau
POPULATION:6,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: West Atlantic: Southern
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:144
LANGUAGE:Limba1
LOCATION:Sierra Leone
POPULATION:174,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: West Atlantic: Southern
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:145
LANGUAGE:Gola
LOCATION:Liberia
POPULATION:150,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: West Atlantic: Southern: Mel
OTHERSOURC:LWA
CONSONANTS:
NOUNNUMBER:s p
NOUNCLASSE:noun classes
ARTICLES:def
SYNTAX:SVO NG ND N-NUM N-POSS
NUMBER:146
LANGUAGE:Baga Binari
LOCATION:Guinea
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: West Atlantic: Southern: Mel: Temne
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:147
LANGUAGE:Baga Koga
LOCATION:Guinea
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: West Atlantic: Southern: Mel: Temne
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:148
LANGUAGE:Baga Maduri
LOCATION:Guinea
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: West Atlantic: Southern: Mel: Temne
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:149
LANGUAGE:Baga Sitemu
LOCATION:Guinea
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: West Atlantic: Southern: Mel: Temne
OTHERSOURC:WALS
CONSONANTS:
SYNTAX:SVO
NUMBER:150
LANGUAGE:Baga Sobane
LOCATION:Guinea
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: West Atlantic: Southern: Mel: Temne
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:151
LANGUAGE:Banta
LOCATION:Sierra Leone
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: West Atlantic: Southern: Mel: Temne
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:152
LANGUAGE:Landuma
LOCATION:Guinea
POPULATION:9,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: West Atlantic: Southern: Mel: Temne
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:153
LANGUAGE:Temne
LOCATION:N Sierra Leone
POPULATION:650,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: West Atlantic: Southern: Mel: Temne
GRAMMAR:
Scott, J. P. L. 1965. An Introduction to Temne Grammar. Sierra Leone: Government Printing Department. Wilson, W. A. A. 1961. An Outline of Temne Language. London: School of Oriental and African Studies, Univ of London.
OTHERSOURC:Dalby, David. 1966. "Lexical Analysis in Temne with an Illustrative Word List," JWAL 3:2, 5-26.
CONSONANTS:
p t̪ t k b d gb f s h m n ŋ l r
STOPS:p b t̪ t d k ɡb
FRICATIVES:f s h
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:r
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
i (ɨ) u e ǝ o ɛ ɔ a
FRONTVOWEL:i e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:(ɨ) ǝ a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɔ
TONES:hi hi-fall lo lo-ris downstep upstep
NOUNNUMBER:s p
NOUNCLASSE:
11
DEMONSTRAT:2 + ref
ARTICLES:def indef
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6 3 & 6 vary with noun class
SYNTAX:SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:154
LANGUAGE:Bom
LOCATION:Sierra Leone
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: West Atlantic: Southern: Mel: Bullom
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:155
LANGUAGE:Northern Bullom
LOCATION:Sierra Leone
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: West Atlantic: Southern: Mel: Bullom
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:156
LANGUAGE:Southern Bullom
ALTERNATEN:Sherbro
LOCATION:Sierra Leone
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: West Atlantic: Southern: Mel: Bullom
DICTIONARY:Pichl, W. J. 1964. Sherbro-English Dictionary. Freetown, Sierra Leone: Fourah Bay College. [Reprinted 1967 by Duquesne Univ Press, Pittsburg]
TEXTBOOKS:Sumner, A. T. 1921. A Handbook of the Sherbro Language. London: Crown Agents for the Colonies.
OTHERSOURC:Rogers, Henry. 1970-71 [1973]. "The Sherbro Noun Class System," ALR 9, 27-33.
CONSONANTS:
p t̪ t k b d ɡ ɡb č ɡ̌ f s (š) h v m n ñ ŋ l r
STOPS:p b t̪ t d k ɡ ɡb
AFFRICATES:č ɡ̌
FRICATIVES:f v s (š) h
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:r
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
i u e o ɛ ɔ a
FRONTVOWEL:i e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɔ
TONES:hi lo
NOUNNUMBER:s p
NOUNCLASSE:4 (3 pl)
DEMONSTRAT:2
ARTICLES:def
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:SVO NA ND N-NUM N-POSS N+A+D
PREPPOST:PREP/POST
NUMBER:157
LANGUAGE:Kisi1
LOCATION:Guinea
POPULATION:250,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: West Atlantic: Southern: Mel: Bullom
DICTIONARY:Paulme, Denise. 1964. Documents sur la langue kissi: Lexique et textes. Dakar: Univ of Dakar.
OTHERSOURC:LWA
CONSONANTS:
NOUNNUMBER:s p
ARTICLES:def
SYNTAX:SVO NA GN/NG DN N-NUM POSS-N/N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:158
LANGUAGE:Krim
LOCATION:Sierra Leone
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: West Atlantic: Southern: Mel: Bullom
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:159
LANGUAGE:Aizi
LOCATION:Ivory Coast
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Kru
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:160
LANGUAGE:Kuwaa
LOCATION:Liberia
POPULATION:25,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Kru