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215:of Loma, spoken by around 25,000 around
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132:of Sierra Leone, with 1.4 million, and
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148:, spoken by 1.4 million in the
253:Southwestern Mande
233:, spoken by around 100,000 in
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392:. Köln: Köppe. p. 281.
388:Kastenholz, Raimund (1996).
110:Southwestern Mande languages
16:West African language group
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958:Languages of Sierra Leone
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48:Linguistic classification
284: Mende–Bandi
173:districts, Sierra Leone.
261: Mende–Loma
211:, once classified as a
953:Languages of Liberia
116:languages spoken in
112:are a branch of the
948:Languages of Guinea
888:This article about
66:Southwestern Mande
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78:Subdivisions
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29:distribution
464:South Mande
156:provinces,
53:Niger–Congo
937:Categories
573:West Mande
527:East Mande
399:3896450719
375:References
86:Loma-Mende
27:Geographic
802:Southwest
680:Sininkere
171:Port Loko
94:Glottolog
845:Vai–Kono
713:Mixifore
658:Mandinka
653:Kassonke
408:42295840
150:Southern
100:sout2842
792:Yalunka
764:Soninke
703:Kuranko
663:Maninka
648:Jahanka
633:Bambara
625:Manding
235:Liberia
217:Macenta
213:dialect
203:Liberia
181:Liberia
167:Bombali
154:Eastern
126:Liberia
41:Liberia
815:Kpelle
746:Seenku
741:Jowulu
723:Samogo
698:Kakabe
690:Mokole
615:Tonjon
560:Shanga
550:Tyenga
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352:Kpɛllɛ
231:Gbandi
225:Guinea
199:Guinea
189:Guinea
177:Kpelle
134:Kpelle
124:, and
122:Guinea
83:Kpelle
37:Guinea
892:is a
835:Zialo
830:Mende
810:Bandi
731:Banka
675:Marka
643:Dyula
638:Bolon
610:Ligbi
535:Bissa
517:Yaure
315:Mɛnde
300:Zialo
296:Bandi
273:Looma
209:Zialo
146:Mende
130:Mende
114:Mande
58:Mande
894:stub
853:Kono
825:Loma
820:Loko
787:Susu
769:Bozo
736:Duun
708:Lele
668:Kita
605:Jeri
597:Jogo
587:Bobo
580:Bobo
555:Samo
545:Busa
540:Boko
507:Tura
497:Mano
492:Guro
482:Gban
472:Beng
404:OCLC
394:ISBN
319:Loko
219:and
201:and
195:Loma
183:and
169:and
163:Loko
152:and
108:The
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512:Wan
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