Table 2 Minimum edge-wise phenetic distances separating instruments from the banjo on the NeightborNet network.

From: Quantitative similarities between the banjo and a diverse collection of West African lutes

Phenetic distance from banjo

Instruments

Instrument language groups

0.535263

gurmi

Omotic

0.575917

gulum

Omotic

0.596424

gullum

Omotic

0.607682

bunchundo, busunde, ekonting, kisinta, kusunde, nopata

Bakic (Atlantic)

0.677421

molo1

Fulani-Wolof (Atlantic)

0.867669

gurumi1, gurumi4, ngulan

Saharan-Songhai, Omotic, Adamawa

0.909276

keleli

Saharan-Songhai

0.912488

juru_kelenni

Mande

0.950881

konou

Dogon

0.97585

garaya2, gzopoli, kologo, komo, konde, kuban, kwamsa, yakandi, yomshi

Fulani-Wolof (Atlantic), Adamawa, Gur, Omotic, Mande, Benue-Kwa

0.976086

jurkel2

Fulani-Wolof (Atlantic)

0.997285

kona, molo4

Dogon, Fulani-Wolof (Atlantic)

>1

duru, garaya1, kakanza, gurumi2, gurumi3, kaburu, molo5, moolooru, jurkel1, kola_lemme, gesere, xalam_gesere, molo2, kambre, kubru, teharden, bappe, molo3, n_jurkel, kerona, kontingo, gambare, n_goni, n_goni_ba, n_goni_micin, tidinit, keronaru, diassare, koni1, koni2, kook, n_dere, xalam

Benue-Kwa, Omotic, Semitic-Berber, Saharan-Songhai, Benue-Kwa, Fulani-Wolof (Atlantic), Mande