21. These are rather divergent, Blench ( 2004 ) considers them to be distinct languages. 22. Blench ( 2004 ) leaves Pondo and Gonge in CAR unclassified within the Mbum languages.23. Blench lists several additional North Ometo languages, and lists Chara as unclassified within the family.24. Subclassification follows Blench ( 2004 ). 25. Blench ( 2011 ) includes Jarawan in A . 60, and keeps both in Bantu.26. Blench is currently engaged in a long-term project to document the languages of Central Nigeria.27. Blench ( 2006 ) considers Riff to be a dialect cluster, consisting of the following varieties:28. According to Blench ( 2006 ) there are two sub-dialects : Shingani and Lower Shebelle. 29. Among the improvements, Blench said, is the network's international reach in searching media reports. 30. Roger Blench notes that the Talodi and Heiban families have the noun class systems characteristic of the Mande.
