Editing Gur languages (section)

== Classification ==
The regions on the map denote regional distribution of the Central Gur languages. The tree-diagram below denotes the relations between these languages and their closest relatives:

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* ? Greater Gur (or Gur–Adamawa)
** Central Gur (or Mabia)
*** Northern Gur
**** {{tree list/branching}}
***** (1.) [[Oti–Volta languages|Oti–Volta]] (28 languages, including [[Mossi language|Mooré]], [[Mamprusi language|Mamprusi]], [[Dagbani language|Dagbani]], and [[Gurma language|Gurma]])
***** (2.) [[Bwa languages|Bwa]] (or Bwamu, Bomu, Bobo-Wule)
**** (3.) [[Koromfe language|''Koromfé'' (or Koromfe)]]
*** Southern Gur
**** {{tree list/branching}}
***** (4.) East Mabia
****** [[Grũsi languages|Gurunsi (or Grũsi)]] (20 languages, including [[Kabiye language|Kabiye]])
***** (5.) Kirma–Lobi
****** Kirma–Tyurama ([[Cerma language|Cerma]], [[Turka language|Turka]])
****** Lobi–Dyan ([[Lobi language|Lobi]], [[Dyan language|Dyan]])
**** (6.) Doghose–Gan ([[Dogosé language|Dogosé]], [[Kaansa language|Kaansa]], [[Khisa language|Khisa]])
**** (7.) ? Dogoso–Khe ([[Dogoso language|Dogoso]], [[Khe language|Khe]])
** ? [[Waja languages|Waja]]–[[Kam language (Nigeria)|Kam]]
** ? [[Leko–Nimbari languages|Leko–Nimbari]]
** ? (possibly other putative [[Adamawa languages]])
{{tree list/end}}

The position of Dogoso–Khe in Southern Gur is not clear; it is not closely related to other members of the branch.

=== Bodomo (2017) ===
[[Adams Bodomo|Bodomo]] (2017) refers to the entire Central Gur group as ''Mabia''.<ref>Bodomo, Adams. 2017. ''Mabia: its etymological genesis, geographical spread and some salient genetic features''. Paper presented at the Mabia Languages Conferences in Winneba, Ghana and Vienna, Austria.</ref> The term ''Mabia'' is a portmanteau of the two [[Lexical Innovation|lexical innovations]] ''ma''- 'mother' + ''bia'' 'child'.<ref name="Bodomo 2020"/>

The following is a classification of the Mabia (or Central Gur) languages from Bodomo (2017), as cited in Bodomo (2020).<ref name="Bodomo 2020">Bodomo, Adams. 2020. "[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342715507_MABIA_Its_Genesis_Geographical_Spread_and_some_Salient_Genetic_Features Mabia: Its Etymological Genesis, Geographical Spread, and some Salient Genetic Features]." In: Bodomo A., Abubakari H. & Issah, S. 2020. ''Handbook of the Mabia Languages of West Africa''. Galda Verlag, Berlin, Germany. 400 pages, ISBN 978-3-96203-117-6 (Print) ISBN 978-3-96203-118-3 (E-Book)</ref> Bodomo divides Mabia into three primary branches, namely West, East, and Central.

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* '''Mabia'''
** '''[[East Mabia languages|East]] (or Gurunsi, Grũsi)'''
*** [[Kasena language|Kasem]]
*** [[Sisaala language|Sisaala]]
*** [[Kabiye language|Kabiye]]
** '''[[West Mabia languages|West]] (or Gurma)'''
*** [[Bassari language (Togo)|Bassari]]
*** [[Konkomba language|Konkomba]]
*** [[Moba language|Moba]]
** '''[[Central Mabia languages|Central]]'''
*** Dagaare
**** [[Dagaare language|Dagaare]]
**** [[Wali language (Gur)|Wali]]
**** [[Birifor language|Birifor]]
**** [[Safaliba language|Safaliba]]
*** North
**** [[Moore language|Moore]]
*** Mid-Central
**** [[Mabiene language|Mabiene]]
**** [[Frafra language|Frafra (Nankanè)]]
**** [[Nabit language|Nabit]]
*** South
**** [[Dagbani language|Dagbani]]
**** [[Mamprusi language|Mampruli]]
**** [[Dagbani language|Nanuni]] (a dialect of Dagbani)
*** Kusaal
**** [[Kusasi language|Kusaal (Kusasi)]]
**** [[Talni language|Talni]]
*** Buli–Konni
**** [[Buli language (Ghana)|Buli]]
**** [[Konni language|Konni]]
*** Hanga–Kamara
**** [[Hanga language|Hanga]]
**** [[Kamara language|Kamara]]
{{tree list/end}}

The term ''Mabia'', instead of ''Gur'', is also used by Naden (2021).<ref>Naden, Tony. 2021. ''Comparative Dictionary of Central Mabia Languages (Formerly Western Oti-Volta) / Dictionnaire Comparatif Des Langues Mabia-Central (anciennement Western Oti-Volta)''. m.s.</ref>

Naden (2021) lists the languages of the Southern/Eastern Mabia group as [[Dagbani language|Dagbani]], [[Hanga language|Hanga]], [[Kantosi language|Kantoosi]], [[Kamara language|Kamara]], [[Kusasi language|Kusaal (Kusasi)]], [[Mamprusi language|Mampruli (Mamprusi)]], [[Nabit language|Nabit]], [[Dagbani language|Nanun/Nanuni]] (also considered a dialect of Dagbani), and [[Talni language|Talni]].