Gbii language
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Gbi and Dorue | |
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Native to | Liberia |
Native speakers
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unknown (5,600 cited 1991)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ggb |
Glottolog | gbii1242 [2] |
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.[3]
In 1991, Gbi was spoken by 18,600 people.[4]
See also
References
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- ↑ Gbi and Dorue at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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