ABSTRACT
The grouping of languages together is linguistic only in so far as languages which form Noun Classes, and which do not belong to any of the Larger Units, are treated in one section of the Handbook for purposes of convenience. Linguistic material on the majority of these languages consists of vocabularies only, with sometimes a few sentences, and occasional Gospel translations. Any attempt at classification into Groups would thus be premature, and the lesser-known languages are therefore provisionally regarded as Isolated Units. These languages are spoken in central British and French Togoland, mainly in the district known as Buëm. They appear, from available linguistic material, to constitute a Language Group. Statements made by various writers about the languages or dialects spoken by people are no less confused. It would appear that some or all of them speak dialects which may perhaps be related to CHAWAI.
