| Eastern Mande | |
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| Eastern Eastern Mande | |
| Geographic distribution | Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Mali |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo?
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| Glottolog | east2697 |
TheEastern Mande languages (calledEastern Eastern Mande by Kastenholz, andNiger–Volta by Schreiber[1] and also known as theBisa–Busa languages) are a branch of theMande languages spoken in seven areas: northwestBurkina Faso, the border region of northernBenin andNigeria, and one language,Bissa, also spoken inGhana,Togo, andIvory Coast and theSamo languages also spoken inMali.
The following internal classification is from Dwyer (1989, 1996), as summarized in Williamson & Blench 2000.[2]
Vydrin (2009) places San (Samo) with Bisa.[3]
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