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Linguasphere-Register

lsr Root  9= TRANSAFRICAN phylosector  94= MELIC phylozone
id name
94= MELIC phylozone
list descendants
position
10.05
nodeType
innernode
also
Mel; Melic; Southern old West-Atlantic
keyWords
Volta-Congo
pdf
OL-SITE 1999-2000 MASTER ONE Sectors 9-Zones 90-94.pdf
lsrType
zone
grouping
phylo
scale
1.000.000 – 10.000.000
lsrCountry
Guinea; Liberia; Sierra Leone
notes
covers the "Mel" (southern "old West-Atlantic") grouping, part of the "Volta-Congo" affinity within the wider "Transafrican" continental affinity; comprising 2 sets of languages (= 7 outer languages) spoken by communities in coastal West Africa, between the Kogon and Loffa rivers: 94-A THEMNE + LANDUMA 94-B KISI + GOLA
statistics
2 sets • 3 chains • 4 nets • 7 outerLanguages • 17 innerLanguages • 36 dialects • 44 leaves • 69 descendants • 10  with iso639Links • 9  with ethnologueLinks • 29  with glottologLinks
geoentityID geoentityName
af•w•GN Guinea | af•w•LR Liberia | af•w•SL Sierra Leone
2 subdivisions
1* 94-A Themne + Landuma
2* 94-B Kisi + Gola

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