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Kulango languages

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Atlantic-Congo languages
Kulango
Kulango–Lorhon
Geographic
distribution
Ivory Coast, Ghana, Burkina Faso
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Language codes
Glottologkula1283

The Kulango or Kulango–Lorhon languages are spoken principally in Ivory Coast. They were once classified as part of an expanded Gur (Voltaic) family and are now part of the Savannas proposal.

The languages distinguished by Ethnologue are:

  • Bondoukou Kulango (100,000 speakers in Ivory Coast and Ghana),
  • Bouna Kulango (160,000 speakers in Ivory Coast and Ghana),
  • Lomakka (a.k.a. Loma; 8,000 speakers),
  • Téén (a.k.a. Lorhon, Loghon; 8,000 speakers in Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso,

which are not mutually intelligible. According to Ethnologue, Lomakka is closer to Bondoukou Kulango than Téén is, and Téén is closer to Lomakka and Bouna Kulango than it is to Bondoukou Kulango.

References

Gur languages
Central Gur
Oti–Volta
Eastern
Western
Gurma
Other
Bwa
Gurunsi
Eastern
Northern
Western
Others
Senufo
Northern
Central
Southern
Kulango
Wara–Natyoro
Others
Niger–Congo branches
Atlantic–Congo
Savannas
Adamawa
Gur
Ubangian
Volta–Congo
Benue–Congo
Platoid
Cross River
Northern Bantoid
Southern Bantoid
Volta–Niger
West Atlantic
Others (Ghana
and Ivory Coast)
Mande
Southeast
Eastern
Southern
West
Central West
(Manding–Kpelle)
Northwest
(Samogo–Soninke)
Kordofanian
Others
Isolates
Unclassified
Proto-languages


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