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The Southern Mande languages (called 'Southeastern Mande' in Kastenholz, who calls the superior Southeastern Mande node 'Eastern') are a branch of the Mande languages spoken across Ivory Coast and into Liberia.

Southern Mande
Southeastern Mande
Geographic distribution	Ivory Coast, Liberia
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo Mande Southeastern Mande Southern Mande
Glottolog	sout3140

Member languages

• Beng
• Dan
• Gban
• Gbin
• Goo
• Guro
• Mano
• Mwa
• Tura
• Wan
• Yaure

Classification

The following internal classification is from Dwyer (1989, 1996), as summarized in Williamson & Blench 2000.[1]

Southern  Mande	Mano–Dan    Mano    Guro–Dan    Dan–Goo–Tura     Guro–Yaure        Nwa–Beng    Mwa–Wan     Gban–Beng

Vydrin (2009) places Mwan with Guro-Yaure.[2]

There is also an extinct Gbin language. Paperno classifies Gbin and Beng as two primary branches of Southern Mande.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Proto-South Mande reconstructions (Wiktionary)

References

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