Sherbro
A language of Sierra Leone
| Population | 135,000 (1989 Kaiser). |
| Region | Southern Province adjoining Western Area; western peninsula, York District, Ribbi Shenge, Dima, Sicie, Timdel, Benducha, Nongoba. |
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Sierra Leone, reference number 12 |
| Alternate names | Amampa, Mampa, Mampwa, Shiba, Southern Bullom |
| Dialects | Shenge Sherbro, Sitia Sherbro, Ndema Sherbro, Peninsula Sherbro. Not intelligible with Krim [krm] or Bullom So [buy]. Shenge is the prestige dialect. Lexical similarity: 66%–69% with Bullom So, 44% to 45% with Krim, 83%–89% among dialects. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Southern, Mel, Bullom-Kissi, Bullom, Southern |
| Comments | Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian. |
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