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BUN ISO 639-3

Sherbro

A language of Sierra Leone

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Amampa, Mampa, Mampwa, Shiba, Southern Bullom
Population
208,000 (2019).
Location:
Southern province: Bonthe and Mayamba districts; Western Area: Rural district, Benducha, Ima, Nongoba, Ribbi, Shenge, Sicie, and Timdel; southwest coastal areas.
Language Status
6a* (Vigorous).
Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Southern, Mel, Bullom-Kissi, Bullom, Southern
Dialects
Shenge Sherbro, Sitia Sherbro, Ndema Sherbro, Peninsula Sherbro. Not intelligible with Bom-Kim [bmf] or Bullom So [buy]. Shenge is the prestige dialect. Lexical similarity: 66%–69% with Bullom So [buy], 44%–45% with Bom-Kim [bmf], 83%–89% among dialects.
Language Development
Dictionary. Grammar. Texts.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Sherbro
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments
Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.

Also Spoken in

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Location: Southern province: Bonthe and Mayamba districts; Western Area: Rural district, Benducha, Ima, Nongoba, Ribbi, Shenge, Sicie, and Timdel; southwest coastal areas.