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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Liberia > Glio-Oubi

Glio-Oubi

A language of Liberia

ISO 639-3: oub

Population  3,500 in Liberia (1991). Population total all countries: 6,000.
Region  Northeast. 6 towns each side of the border. Also in Côte d’Ivoire.
Language map  Liberia, reference number 12
Alternate names   Glio, Oubi, Ubi
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 75% with Twabo dialect of Glaro-Twabo [glr] and 73% with Trepo dialect of Krumen, Pye [pye] of Côte d’Ivoire.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kru, Western, Grebo, Glio-Oubi
Comments  Called ‘Glio’ in Liberia and ‘Oubi’ in Côte d’Ivoire. Traditional religion.

Also spoken in:

Côte d’Ivoire

Language name   Glio-Oubi
Population  2,500 in Côte d’Ivoire (1991).
Region  Western Department, Tai Subprefecture, Tai Canton. 6 towns on each side of the border.
Language map  Côte d’Ivoire, reference number 29
Alternate names  Glio, Oubi, Ubi
Language use  High bilingualism with several surrounding languages in Côte d’Ivoire.
Comments  They are called ‘Glio’ in Liberia. Traditional religion.
 

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Vernacular Publications

Liyo ne Ubu 1. 2012.  Available online