| Southwestern Mande | |
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| Geographic distribution | Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo
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| Glottolog | sout2842 |
The Southwestern Mande languages are a branch of the Mande languages spoken in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia. There are around 2.8 million total speakers. The largest languages by far are Mende of Sierra Leone, with 1.4 million, and Kpelle of Liberia and Guinea, with 1.2 million.