Country
Languages of Guinea
The Linguasphere Register records 9 entries for Guinea, 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.
9Register entries
3Sectors present
6Zones
2Language entries
0= AFRICA 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 9= TRANSAFRICAN
Register entries recorded in Guinea
| Code | Entry | Level | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
00= | MANDIC | Zone | Covers the "Mande" grouping (part of the "Congo-Kordofanian", "new Niger-Congo" hypothesis; and part of the … |
51-AAA-bb | español-F | Inner | español académico, lingua castellana, "formal castillian spanish", "literary castillian", "standard castillian". |
51-AAC-ae | fa-d'ambu | Inner | Annobón island |
51= | ROMANIC | Zone | Covers the "Romance" or Italiano + Româneasca set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
52-A | NORSK + FRYSK | Set | GERMANIC,. |
52= | GERMANIC | Zone | Covers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
90= | ATLANTIC | Zone | Covers the "Atlantic" ("old West-Atlantic less Mel") reference area, within the "Transafrican" continental affinity. |
94= | MELIC | Zone | Covers the "Mel" (southern "old West-Atlantic") grouping, part of the "Volta-Congo" affinity within the wider … |
99= | BANTUIC | Zone | Covers 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.