| Bullom So | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Sierra Leone, Guinea |
| Region | coast of Guinea, near the Sierra Leone border |
Native speakers | 7,700 in Sierra Leone (2019)[1] Few in Guinea[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | buy |
| Glottolog | bull1247 |
| ELP | Mani |
The Bullom So language, also called Mmani,[2] Mani, or Mandingi, is an endangered language currently spoken in a few villages in Samu region of Sierra Leone's Kambia District, near the border of Guinea. It belongs to the Mel branch of the Niger–Congo language family and is particularly closely related to the Bom language. Intermarriage between Bullom So speakers and speakers of Temne and Susu is common. As the few remaining speakers of Bullom So are all over 60, the language is considered moribund.[citation needed][similar claims in Eth. 15 have been abandoned]
- ^ a b Bullom So at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
