Gbandi language
| Gbandi | |
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| Native to | Guinea, Liberia |
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Native speakers
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ca. 100,000 (2001) |
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Niger–Congo
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| Dialects |
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | band1352 |
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 Gbandi people.
Bandi has six dialects: Hasala, Hembeh, Lukasa, Wawana, Wulukoha, and Tahamba, which is the dialect used for literature. The dialects have a lexical similarity of 96% among one another, and 83% with the most similar dialect of the Mende language.
The Gbandi language has the following dialects: Wawoma, Tahamba, Hembeh, Hassallah, Lukasu and Lukassu.
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