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Sere languages

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Glottolog
  
sere1262

Geographic distribution
  
South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Linguistic classification
  
Ubangian Seri–Mba Sere

Subdivisions
  
Feroge–Mangaya Indri–Togoyo Sere–Bviri

The Sere languages are a family of Ubangian languages, such as Kpala, spoken in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Several are endangered. The most populous Sere language is Ndogo of South Sudan, with about 30,000 speakers.

Languages

Per Ethnologue 16, the structure of the family is as follows:

  • Feroge–Mangaya: Feroge, Mangayat
  • Indri–Togoyo: Indri, Togoyo
  • Sere–Bviri
  • Bai–Viri: Bai, Belanda Viri
  • Ndogo–Sere: Ndogo, Sere, Tagbu

    • References

    Sere languages Wikipedia
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