Glio-Oubi language
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| Glio-Oubi | ||
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| Spoken in: | Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire | |
| Total speakers: | 6,000 (1991) | |
| Language family: | Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Volta-Congo Kru Western Grebo Glio-Oubi |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | none | |
| ISO 639-3: | oub | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
The Glio-Oubi language is a Kru language of the Niger-Congo language family. It is spoken in northeast Liberia, where it is known as Glio, and in western Côte d'Ivoire, where it is known as Oubi or Ubi. It has a lexical similarity of .75 with the Glaro-Twabo language.[1]
As of 1991, Glio-Oubi was spoken by 3,500 people in Liberia and 2,500 in Côte d'Ivoire.[2]
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[edit] References
- ^ Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed) (2005). Glio-Oubi. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. SIL International. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ Vanderaa, Larry (1991). A survey for Christian Reformed World Missions of missions and churches in West Africa. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Christian Reformed World Missions.
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