Bandi
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A language of Liberia
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Bande, Gbande, Gbandi, Gbunde
Population
131,000 (2015). Total users in all countries: 143,000.
Location
Gbarpolu county: Belleh district; Lofa county.
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Language Status
5 (Developing).
Classification
Dialects
Tahamba, Wawana, Wulukoha, Hasala, Lukasa, Hembeh. Tahamba dialect used for literature. Lexical similarity: 96% with the 6 dialects, 83% with the most similar Mende [men] dialect.
Language Use
Used as L2 by Kuwaa [blh].
Language Development
Grammar. NT: 2000.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Traditional religion, Muslim.