Mel languages

Mel languages
Mel
Southern (West) Atlantic [reduced]
Geographic
distribution:		 Guinea-Bissau through Liberia
Linguistic classification: Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Mel
Subdivisions:
Temne
Sua–Kissi

The Mel languages are a branch of Niger–Congo languages spoken in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. The most populous is Temne, with about two million speakers; Kissi is next, with half a million.

 Mel 
Temne

Temne


Baga languages




Sua (Mansoanka)

 Bullom–Kissi 

Bullom languages


Kissi




Mel has traditionally been classified as the bulk of a southern branch of West Atlantic. However, that is a geographic rather than genealogical group; Serere (2010) shows that there is no exclusive relationship between Mel and the other southern languages, Gola and Limba.

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