| Gbandi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Guinea, Liberia |
Native speakers | 160,000 (2014–2020)[1] |
Niger–Congo ?
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bza |
| Glottolog | band1352 |
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.[1]
Bandi has six dialects: Hasala, Hembeh, Lukasa, Wawana, Wulukoha, and Tahamba, which is the dialect used for literature.[1] The dialects have a lexical similarity of 96% among one another, and 83% with the most similar dialect of the Mende language.[1]
