Gbandi | |
States: | Guinea, Liberia |
Date: | 2014–2020 |
Ref: | e25 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam1: | Niger–Congo ? |
Fam2: | Mande |
Fam3: | Western Mande |
Fam4: | Southwestern |
Fam5: | Mende–Loma |
Fam6: | Mende–Bandi |
Fam7: | Bandi–Zialo |
Iso3: | bza |
Glotto: | band1352 |
Glottorefname: | Bandi |
Dia1: | Tahamba |
Dia2: | Wawoma |
Dia3: | Vukoha |
Dia4: | Hasala |
Dia5: | Lukasu |
Dia6: | Hembeh |
Script: | Latin |
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.
Bandi has six dialects: Hasala, Hembeh, Lukasa, Wawana, Wulukoha, and Tahamba, which is the dialect used for literature. The dialects have a lexical similarity of 96% among one another, and 83% with the most similar dialect of the Mende language.