The indigenous ethnic groups of Liberia can be linguistically divided into three groups; those in the east who speak the isolate Gola language and the Mel languages (particularly Kissi) and those in the west who speal Kru languages (particularly Bassa).
The largest ethnic group in Sierra Leone (2008) is that of the Mel-speaking Temne people, 35% of the population.
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