It is a dialect cluster, and its four main varieties-such as Tuwali-are sometimes considered separate languages.
It is part of a dialect cluster with Li'o.
Cinta Larga is a dialect cluster spoken by a thousand people.
Because many are dialect clusters, there is a level of subjectivity involved in separating them.
Mamainde, however, is a dialect cluster, and its varieties are sometimes considered distinct languages.
In effect they form a dialect cluster consisting of c.2 million people.
The 25 languages include a dozen major dialect clusters:
It is a dialect cluster spoken by several related peoples.
Many of these languages are dialect clusters and are sometimes considered more than a single language.
They are not subclassified apart from a few obvious dialect clusters.
