- The Sira or
Shira people, the
Eshira, are a Punu
ethnic group of
Gabon primarily living in the
forests and gr****lands
south of the Ogooué
River and west...
-
group of
Gabon and the
Republic of the Congo.
Linguistically part of the
Eshira, they live
mostly in the
upper basin of the
Nyanga River. Olson,
James Stuart...
- is
inhabited mainly by
Bantu ethnic groups such as the Fang, Bapounou,
Eshira, and Myéné;
these displaced the
Pygmies to the east and
north of Gabon....
-
starting in the 1970s. The
three largest languages are Fang, Mbere, and Sira (
Eshira), each with
about 25–30% of the speakers. The
remainder of the languages...
-
groups in
Gabon are:
Bantu groups including four
major groupings (Fang,
Eshira, Punu, Teke)
Other Africans,
notably 'forest people' (pygmy, now sedentary)...
- po****tion of the Ngounié
includes significant ethnic diversity including Eshira, Apindjis [fr], Punu, Tsogo, Nzebi [fr], M****ango,
Vungu and Eviya [fr]...
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Shira Eshira Native to
Gabon Ethnicity Shira people Native speakers (39,000
cited 2000)
Language family Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid...
- Puèch 1988;
Agadji Ayele 2002: 79-83 B40: Shira-Punu
group B41 swj
Shira (
Eshira, Ashira, Gisir, Gisira, Ichira, Ishira, Isira, Shire, Sira, Yichira) Alewijnse...
- (4/22) of a
sample of
Bakola from Cameroon, 14.3% (6/42) of a
sample of
Eshira from Gabon, 14.0% (6/43) of a
sample of
Makina from Gabon, 14.0% (6/43)...
- 14.00% 0.00% 14.00% 0.00%
Akele Central Western Africa 50 12.00% ? ? ?
Eshira Central Western Africa 42 11.90% ? ? ? Dama
South Africa 18 11.11% 0.00%...
