Language Families · Dialects · Oral Communication · Storytelling · Proverbs
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Map 5.Language families of the Upper Guinea Coast: Mande, Kru, and Mel.Approximate distribution of the three families around 1800, with zones of long-standing bilingualism shaded rather than divided.Original cartography prepared for this volume.
Figure 7.The Vai syllabary: selected characters and their values.A sample of characters with transcribed values.
