Native to Sierra Leone ISO 639-3 bun | Native speakers (140,000 cited 1989) Glottolog sher1258 | |
Region coast of Sierra Leone and Sherbro Island Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Mel
Bullom–Kissi
Bullom
Southern
Sherbro |
The Sherbro language (also known as Southern Bullom, Shiba, Amampa, Mampa, and Mampwa) is an endangered language of Sierra Leone. It belongs to the Mel branch of the Niger–Congo language family. While Sherbro has more speakers than the other Bullom languages, its use is declining among the Sherbro people, in favor of Krio and English.
References
Sherbro language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA