Country
Languages of Sierra Leone
The Linguasphere Register records 8 entries for Sierra Leone, spread across 4 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.
8Register entries
4Sectors present
6Zones
0Language entries
0= AFRICA 4= EURASIA 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 9= TRANSAFRICAN
Register entries recorded in Sierra Leone
| Code | Entry | Level | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
00= | MANDIC | Zone | Covers the "Mande" grouping (part of the "Congo-Kordofanian", "new Niger-Congo" hypothesis; and part of the … |
41= | URALIC | Zone | Covers the "Uralic" grouping, including the narrower "Finno-Ugric" grouping (41-A & 41-B). |
45= | EAST-EURASIA | Zone | Covers the "East-Asia" reference area, composed of sets not covered in any phylozone, part of the "wider Altaic … |
52-A | NORSK + FRYSK | Set | GERMANIC,. |
52-ABB-bba | freetown-creole | Variety | Freetown… |
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 … |
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.