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Languages of Gabon

The Linguasphere Register records 4 entries for Gabon, spread across 3 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.

4Register entries
3Sectors present
4Zones
0Language entries

0= AFRICA 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 9= TRANSAFRICAN

Register entries recorded in Gabon

CodeEntryLevelNote
04=NILOTICZoneCovers the "Nilotic" grouping (part of the "East-Sudanic" hypothesis within the "Nilo-Saharan" hypothesis).
51=ROMANICZoneCovers the "Romance" or Italiano + Româneasca set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
93=UBANGICZoneCovers the "Ubangian" or "Eastern" grouping, part of the "Volta-Congo" affinity within the wider "Transafrican …
99=BANTUICZoneCovers the "broad Bantu", "narrow Bantu + Bantoid" or Isizulu + Tiv set (the central-southern section of "old …

Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.