The Baga languages are five related languages spoken in the coastal region of Guinea by the Baga. The total number of speakers of Baga languages is about 30,000, of which the Landoma speakers make up almost 50 %. Most of the Baga are bilingual in the Mande language Susu, the official regional language. Two Baga communities are known to have abandoned their language altogether in favour of Susu, namely the Sobané and Kaloum.

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  • The Baga languages are five related languages spoken in the coastal region of Guinea by the Baga. The total number of speakers of Baga languages is about 30,000, of which the Landoma speakers make up almost 50 %. Most of the Baga are bilingual in the Mande language Susu, the official regional language. Two Baga communities are known to have abandoned their language altogether in favour of Susu, namely the Sobané and Kaloum. Four of the five varieties still spoken are sometimes considered dialects of one language, Baga or Barka. The name is derived from the phrase bae raka, 'people of the seaside'. Landoma is classified as a Baga language, but is somewhat more distantly related to the other four languages. The Baga languages are related to Temne, one of the four official languages of Sierra Leone; together, Baga and Temne belong to the Mel branch of the Southern Atlantic languages. Baga Binari (Binari) Baga Koga (Koba) Baga Manduri (Maduri, Mandari) Baga Sitemu (Sitemú, Stem Baga, Rio Pongo Baga) Landoma (Landuma, Landouman, Tyapi)
  • Le baga est une langue africaine rattachée à la branche sud des langues atlantiques au sein de la grande famille des langues nigéro-congolaises. Le groupe baga est divisé en sept langues ou dialectes, dont la principale est le landouma. certaines sont en voie de disparition, la plupart des locuteurs baga utilisant aussi le soussou, majoritaire dans la région. En Guinée, les principales zones où le baga est parlé sont les alentours de Boké et de Kamsar.
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  • Niger-Congo
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  • Baga
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  • The Baga languages are five related languages spoken in the coastal region of Guinea by the Baga. The total number of speakers of Baga languages is about 30,000, of which the Landoma speakers make up almost 50 %. Most of the Baga are bilingual in the Mande language Susu, the official regional language. Two Baga communities are known to have abandoned their language altogether in favour of Susu, namely the Sobané and Kaloum.
  • Le baga est une langue africaine rattachée à la branche sud des langues atlantiques au sein de la grande famille des langues nigéro-congolaises. Le groupe baga est divisé en sept langues ou dialectes, dont la principale est le landouma. certaines sont en voie de disparition, la plupart des locuteurs baga utilisant aussi le soussou, majoritaire dans la région. En Guinée, les principales zones où le baga est parlé sont les alentours de Boké et de Kamsar.
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  • Baga languages
  • Baga (langue)
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