Ligbi language
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ligbi-language-189-11718036
title:
Ligbi language
text:
The Ligbi (or Ligby) people speak a Mande language in Ghana, in the north-west corner of the Brong-Ahafo Region. Ligbi is spoken by approximately 10,000 speakers (1988 GILLBT/SIL). It is fairly closely related to Jula, Vai and Kono. A small population of Ligbi speakers (around 4,000) is reported to live in Ivory Coast (Vanderaa 1991). Ligbi is also known as Wela (Hwela) or Numu. The latter of these refers to a subsection of the Ligbi people; Numu is Dyula for 'blacksmith'. (See blacksmiths of we
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Mande language spoken in Ghana
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligbi_language
date created:
2004-12-13T23:43:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T12:52:23Z
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