Bandi language

Bandi
Spoken in Guinea, Liberia
Native speakers 107,000  (date missing)
Language family
Niger–Congo ?
  • Mande
    • Western Mande
      • Southwestern
        • Mende–Loma
          • Mende–Bandi
            • Bandi–Zialo
              • Bandi
Dialects
Tahamba
Wawana
Wulukoha
Hasala
Lukasa
Hembeh
Writing system Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bza

The Bandi language, also known as Bande, Gbande, Gbandi and Gbunde, is a Mande language. It is spoken primarily in Lofa County in northern Liberia by the Bandi people.[1]

Bandi has six dialects: Hasala, Hembeh, Lukasa, Wawana, Wulukoha, and Tahamba, which is the dialect used for literature.[1] The dialects have a lexical similarity of 96% among one another, and 83% with the most similar dialect of the Mende language.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b c Lewis, M. Paul (ed.) (2009). "Bandi". Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bza. Retrieved 3 October 2010. 

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