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Baga languages

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Geographicdistribution:
  
coastal Guinea

Subdivisions:
  
LandomaBaga proper

Linguistic classification:
  
Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoMelTemneBaga

Glottolog:
  
Nonetemn1245  (Temne–Baga)

The Baga languages are languages of the Mel family spoken in the coastal region of Guinea. The total number of speakers is about 30,000, of which Landoma speakers make up almost half.

Languages

The varieties apart from Landoma are sometimes considered dialects of one language, Baga or Barka. Landoma is somewhat more distantly related.

  • Landoma
  • Baga: Binari, Koba, Manduri, Sitemú, etc.

    • The Baga languages are in turn related to Temne, one of the four official languages of Sierra Leone; together, Baga and Temne belong to the Mel branch of Niger–Congo languages.

    References

    Baga languages Wikipedia
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