Sherbro language

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Sherbro
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
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: nic
ISO 639-3: 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.

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