From this table, we can conclude that Elip, Mmala and Yangben are "closely
From this table, we can conclude that Elip, Mmala and Yangben are "closely
related speech varieties"; that they are somewhat more distant from
Gunu, Baca and Mbule; that they are even more distant from Bati; and that
they are further yet from Hijuk and Basaa. Based on this sort of consideration,
we can construct a sort of family tree, just as we might based on patterns
of sound change.