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.