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Where is Northern Kissi spoken?

Northern Kissi is an Atlantic-Congo language, spoken in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Language families (largest ten)

Atlantic-Congo
Austronesian
Sino-Tibetan
Indo-European
Afro-Asiatic
Nuclear Trans New Guinea
Otomanguean
Austroasiatic
Tai-Kadai
Pama-Nyungan

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Where Northern Kissi is spoken

Northern Kissi is spoken in 3 countries: Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Country
Guinea
Liberia
Sierra Leone

Northern Kissi has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Northern Kissi?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Not endangered. Glottolog lists it as not endangered: it is still being passed on to children.

Where Northern Kissi sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Northern Kissi as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

Atlantic-Congo
Mel
Southern Mel
Kissi
Northern Kissi

Related languages

Other languages in the Kissi group:

Southern Kisi

More about Northern Kissi

Codes: ISO 639-3 kqs, Glottolog nort2765. Glottolog macroarea: Africa.

Questions about Northern Kissi

Where is Northern Kissi spoken?

Northern Kissi is spoken in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Northern Kissi in?

Glottolog places Northern Kissi in the Atlantic-Congo family, in the branch Mel, Southern Mel and Kissi.