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Languages of Guinea-Bissau

The Linguasphere Register records 3 entries for Guinea-Bissau, 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.

3Register entries
3Sectors present
3Zones
0Language entries

0= AFRICA 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 9= TRANSAFRICAN

Register entries recorded in Guinea-Bissau

CodeEntryLevelNote
00=MANDICZoneCovers the "Mande" grouping (part of the "Congo-Kordofanian", "new Niger-Congo" hypothesis; and part of the …
51=ROMANICZoneCovers the "Romance" or Italiano + Româneasca set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
90=ATLANTICZoneCovers the "Atlantic" ("old West-Atlantic less Mel") reference area, within the "Transafrican" continental affinity.

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.