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Gbin language

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Gbin
Native toIvory Coast
RegionBondoukou
Extinctca. 1900
Niger–Congo
  • Mande
    • Eastern Mande
      • South(east)ern
        • Gbin
Language codes
ISO 639-3xgb
Glottologgbin1239

Gbin (Gbĩ) is an extinct Mande language of Ivory Coast, neighboring but not closely related to Beng. The only significant attestation is Delafosse (1904). Paperno describes Beng and Gbin as two primary branches of Southern Mande.[1]

References

  1. ^ Paperno, 2011, "One Hundred Years Old Language Documentation: Preliminary Notes on the Gbin Language"[1]