Sherbro language
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| Sherbro | ||
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| Spoken in: | Sierra Leone | |
| Region: | coast of Sierra Leone and Sherbro Island | |
| Total speakers: | 135,000 | |
| Language family: | Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Atlantic Southern Mel Bullom-Kissi Bullom Southern Sherbro |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | nic | |
| ISO 639-3: | bun | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
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 Sherbo has more speakers than the other Bullom languages, its use is declining among the Sherbro people, in favor of Temne, Mende and Krio.
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