Gbii language

Gbii
Spoken in Liberia
Native speakers 5,600  (1991)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ggb

The Gbii language, also known as Gbee or Gbi-Dowlu, is a Kru language of the Niger–Congo language family. It is spoken in northern Liberia, primarily in Nimba County. Its dialects include Dorbor and Kplor. It has a lexical similarity of 0.78 with the Bassa language, and so might be considered a Bassa dialect.[1]

As of 1991, Gbii was spoken by 5,600 people.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed) (2005). "Gbii". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ggb. Retrieved 2008-03-08. 
  2. ^ 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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