Eastern Mande languages

The Eastern Mande languages (called Eastern Eastern Mande by Kastenholz, and Niger–Volta by Schreiber and also known as the Bisa–Busa languages) are a branch of the Mande languages spoken in seven areas: northwest Burkina Faso, the border region of northern Benin and Nigeria, and one language, Bissa, also spoken in Ghana, Togo, and Ivory Coast and the Samo languages also spoken in Mali.

Eastern Mande
Eastern Eastern Mande
Geographic
distribution		Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Mali
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
  • Mande
    • Southeastern Mande
      • Eastern Mande
Glottologeast2697
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