Bullom languages

Bullom
Geographic
distribution		coastal Guinea
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Language codes
Glottologbull1246

The Bullom languages are a small group of Mel languages spoken in Sierra Leone, including along the Bullom Shore.[1] They were historically sometimes referred to as one language or dialect continuum, divided into Southern Bullom (Krim and Sherbro[2]) and Northern Bullom (Bullom So[3]).[1] The languages are:[4]

Bom (Krim), Bullom So (Mmani), Sherbro.

They are closely related to Kissi.

References

  1. ^ a b African Language Review (1966), volume 5, page 140
  2. ^ Micah Corum, Substrate and Adstrate (2015), page 60
  3. ^ G. Tucker Childs, A Grammar of Mani (2011), page 5
  4. ^ Bullom. Glottolog.


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