La clasificación del jarawano de acuerdo con Blench (2011) es:

• Mboa (Mbonga) (extinto)
• Nagumi (Ngong) (extinto)
• Jarawano de Nigeria
  • Numano
    • 'Bile
    • Mbula-Bwazza (complejo dialectal)
  • Mama
  • Lame (complejo dialectal)-Gwa
  • Kulung
  • Jaku-Gubi: Shiki, Dulbu, Labir
  • Jarawa (complejo dialectal)

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