Gbii language

Gbi and Dorue
Native to Liberia
Native speakers
 unknown (5,600 cited 1991)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ggb
Glottolog gbii1242[2]

The Gbi and Dorue language, also known as Gbee or Gbi and Dorue, is similar to the Krahn dialect/ 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 0.78 with the Bassa language, and so might be considered a Bassa dialect.[3]

In 1991, Gbi was spoken by 18,600 people.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gbi and Dorue at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Gbi and Dorue". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. ↑ Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed) ( correction was made by the son of the Gbi & Dorue Tribe. (2005). "Gbi". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. SIL International. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  4. ↑ Vanderaa, Larry (1991). A survey for Christian Reformed World Missions of missions and churches in West Africa. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Christian Reformed World Missions.


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