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  1. $Title{Table 2.: Linguistic Affiliations of Officially Recognized Ethnolinguistic Categories (with selected alternative spellings and names)}
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  5.                   Mande
  6.                      Northern Branch
  7.                         Mandingo (Manding; Malinke)
  8.                         Vai
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  10.                      Southern Branch
  11.                         Gio (Dan)
  12.                         Mano (Man; Ma)
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  14.                      Southwestern Branch
  15.                         Gbandi (Gbande; Bandi)
  16.                         Kpelle (Kpele; Kpese; Guerze-in Guinea)
  17.                         Loma (Lorma; Buzi; Toma-in Guinea)
  18.                         Mende
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  20.                   Kwa
  21.                      Kruan Branch
  22.                         Bassa
  23.                         Belle (Kuwaa)
  24.                         Dey (Dei)
  25.                         Grebo
  26.                         Krahn (Kran; Wee-in Ivory Coast)
  27.                         Kru (Kra; Krao; Jlao)
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  29.                   West Atlantic
  30.                      Mel Branch
  31.                         Gola
  32.                         Kissi (Gissi)
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  35. Source: Based on information from Svend E. Holsoe, A Standardization of Liberian
  36.         Ethnic Nomenclature, Philadelphia, 1979, 1-25.
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