Baga languages

Not to be confused with Bʼaga languages.

The Baga languages are languages of the Mel family spoken in the coastal region of Guinea. The total number of speakers is about 30,000, of which Landoma speakers make up almost half.

Baga
Geographic distribution	Coastal Guinea
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Mel Temne Baga
Subdivisions	Landoma Baga proper
Language codes
Glottolog	None temn1245  (Temne–Baga)

Languages

The varieties apart from Landoma are sometimes considered dialects of one language, Baga or Barka. Landoma is somewhat more distantly related.

• Landoma
• Baga: Binari, Koba, Manduri, Sitemú, etc.

The Baga languages are in turn related to Temne, one of the four official languages of Sierra Leone; together, Baga and Temne belong to the Mel branch of Niger–Congo languages.