Gbii language
Appearance
Gbi and Dorue | |
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Native to | Liberia |
Native speakers | (5,600 cited 1991)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ggb |
Glottolog | gbii1242 |
ELP | Gbii |
The Gbi and Dorue language, also known as Gbee or Gbi and Dorue, is similar to the Krahn dialect/ language of the Niger–Congo language family. It is spoken in northern Liberia which is a district within Nimba County. Its dialects include Gbi and Dorue. It has a lexical similarity of 0.78 with the Bassa language, and so might be considered a Bassa dialect.[2]
In 1991, Gbi was spoken by 18,600 people.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Gbi and Dorue at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^
Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed) ( correction was made by the son of the Gbi & Dorue Tribe. (2005). "Gbi". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. SIL International. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Vanderaa, Larry (1991). A survey for Christian Reformed World Missions of missions and churches in West Africa. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Christian Reformed World Missions.