Bullom languages

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.
Bullom
Geographic
distribution
coastal Guinea
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Glottologbull1246

They are closely related to Kissi.

References

  1. 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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