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ISO 639-3 · ksskss
Niger–Congo family

Southern Kissi

Southern Kissi is a language of the Mel branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

5 · Developing
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
kss
Glottocode
sout2778
Wikipedia
3 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameSouthern Kissi
Also calledSouthern Kisi

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Southern Kissi

The branches above Southern Kissi, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch48Atlanticbranch11MelbranchkssSouthern Kissilanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Liberia21 languages in the indexSierra Leone22 languages in the index

Also spoken in Liberia

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalmyqManinkaNiger–Congo · 3.3 mmnkMandinkaNiger–Congo · 1.4 m5 · DevelopingbsqBassaNiger–Congo · 420,0005 · DevelopingmenMendeNiger–Congo2 · ProvincialvaiVaiNiger–Congo5 · DevelopingmanMandingNiger–CongokpeKpelleNiger–CongodnjDanNiger–Congo5 · DevelopinglomLomaNiger–Congo5 · Developing