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Gbandi
Native toGuinea, Liberia
EthnicityGbandi people
Native speakers
160,000 (2014–2020)[1]
Niger–Congo ?
Dialects
  • Tahamba
  • Wawoma
  • Vukoha
  • Hasala
  • Lukasu
  • Hembeh
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3bza
Glottologband1352

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.[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

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Gbandi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon