Sherbro language

Sherbro language

language
name=Sherbro
states=Sierra Leone
region=coast of Sierra Leone and Sherbro Island
speakers=135,000
familycolor=Niger-Congo
fam2=Atlantic-Congo
fam3=Atlantic
fam4=Southern
fam5=Mel
fam6=Bullom-Kissi
fam7=Bullom
fam8=Southern
iso2=nic|iso3=bun

The Sherbro language (also known as Southern Bullom, Shiba, Amampa, Mampa, and Mampwa) is an endangered language of Sierra Leone. It belongs to the Atlantic 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 English and Krio.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bun Ethnologue entry for Sherbro]
* [http://www.tooyoo.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/Redbook/Africa/AF_src.cgi?language0=0&language1=0&language2=0&language3=0&language4=Sherbro&language5=0 Sherbro entry in the UNESCO Red Book of Endangered Languages]


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