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Languages of Liberia

The Linguasphere Register records 5 entries for Liberia, 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.

5Register entries
3Sectors present
4Zones
0Language entries

0= AFRICA 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 9= TRANSAFRICAN

Register entries recorded in Liberia

CodeEntryLevelNote
00=MANDICZoneCovers the "Mande" grouping (part of the "Congo-Kordofanian", "new Niger-Congo" hypothesis; and part of the …
52-ANORSK + FRYSKSetGERMANIC,.
52=GERMANICZoneCovers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
94=MELICZoneCovers the "Mel" (southern "old West-Atlantic") grouping, part of the "Volta-Congo" affinity within the wider …
95=KRUICZoneCovers the "Kru" or Klao + Aizi set, part of the "Volta-Congo" affinity 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.