Gbi and Dorue | |
States: | Liberia |
Date: | 2020 |
Ref: | e25 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Kru |
Fam4: | Western |
Fam5: | Bassa |
Iso3: | ggb |
Glotto: | gbii1242 |
Glottorefname: | Gbii |
The Gbi and Dorue language, also known as Gbee or Gbi and Dorue, is similar to the Krahn 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 78% with the Bassa language.
In 1991, Gbi was spoken by 18,600 people.[1]