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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.[2]

Gbandi
Native to	Guinea, Liberia
Native speakers	ca. 100,000 (2001)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo ? Mande Western Mande Southwestern Mende–Loma Mende–Bandi Bandi–Zialo Gbandi
Dialects	Tahamba Wawoma Vukoha Hasala Lukasu Hembeh
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bza
Glottolog	band1352

Bandi has six dialects: Hasala, Hembeh, Lukasa, Wawana, Wulukoha, and Tahamba, which is the dialect used for literature.[2] The dialects have a lexical similarity of 96% among one another, and 83% with the most similar dialect of the Mende language.[2]

See also

• Languages of Liberia

The Gbandi language has the following dialects: Wawoma, Tahamba, Hembeh, Hassallah, Lukasu and Lukassu.

References

На других языках

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[de] Bandi (Sprache)

Bandi, auch bekannt als Bande, Gbande, Gbandi und Gbunde, ist eine Mandesprache.

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- [en] Gbandi language

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[fr] Gbande

Le gbande, bande, bandi, gbandi, ou encore gbunde est une langue mandée d'Afrique de l'Ouest parlée par les bandi. Elle compterait 83 980 locuteurs au Liberia (comté de Lofa) et environ 12 000 en Guinée[1].

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[ru] Банди (язык)

Банди (англ., фр. Bandi, Bande, Gbande, Gbandi, Gbunde) — язык народа банди в Западной Африке.

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