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Linguasphere-Register
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lsr Root ▶ 9= TRANSAFRICAN phylosector ▶ 94= MELIC phylozone
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| id name |
| 94= MELIC phylozone |
| list descendants |
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| 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 |