Kulango languages

Kulango
Kulango–Lorhon
Geographic
distribution:
Ivory Coast, Ghana, Burkina Faso
Linguistic classification:

Niger–Congo

Glottolog: kula1283[1]

The Kulango or Kulango–Lorhon languages are spoken principally in Ivory Coast. They were once classified as part of an expanded Gur (Voltaic) family, and are part of the Savannas proposal.

The languages distinguished by Ethnologue are

which are not mutually intelligible. According to Ethnologue, Lomakka is closer to Bondoukou Kulango than Téén is, and Téén is closer to Lomakka and Bouna Kulango than it is to Bondoukou Kulango.

References

  1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kulango–Lorom". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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