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Bullom
Bullom
Geographic; distribution	coastal Guinea
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Mel Bullom–Kisi Bullom; ; ; ;
Subdivisions	Northern Bullom; Southern Bullom;
Language codes
Glottolog	bull1246

The Bullom languages are a small group of Mel languages spoken in Sierra Leone, including along the Bullom Shore.^[1] They were historically sometimes referred to as one language or dialect continuum, divided into Southern Bullom (Krim and Sherbro^[2]) and Northern Bullom (Bullom So^[3]).^[1] The languages are:^[4]

Bom (Krim), Bullom So (Mmani), Sherbro.

They are closely related to Kissi.

References

1 2 African Language Review (1966), volume 5, page 140
↑ Micah Corum, Substrate and Adstrate (2015), page 60
↑ G. Tucker Childs, A Grammar of Mani (2011), page 5
↑ Bullom. Glottolog.

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[ALR-1] 1 2 African Language Review (1966), volume 5, page 140

[2] Micah Corum, Substrate and Adstrate (2015), page 60

[3] G. Tucker Childs, A Grammar of Mani (2011), page 5

[4] Bullom. Glottolog.

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