Ligbi (or Ligby) is a Mande language spoken in Ghana in the north-west corner of the Brong-Ahafo region. Ligbi is spoken by approximately 10 000 speakers. It is fairly closely related to Bambara/Jula and to Vai and Kono. A small population of Ligbi speakers (4 000) is reported to live in Côte d'Ivoire (Vanderaa 1991). Ligbi is also known as Wela, Hwela or Numu. The latter of these refers to a subsection of the Ligbi people; Numu is Dyula for 'blacksmith'.

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  • Ligbi (or Ligby) is a Mande language spoken in Ghana in the north-west corner of the Brong-Ahafo region. Ligbi is spoken by approximately 10 000 speakers. It is fairly closely related to Bambara/Jula and to Vai and Kono. A small population of Ligbi speakers (4 000) is reported to live in Côte d'Ivoire (Vanderaa 1991). Ligbi is also known as Wela, Hwela or Numu. The latter of these refers to a subsection of the Ligbi people; Numu is Dyula for 'blacksmith'. The Ligbi area in Ghana is bordered to the west by Nafaanra, the Senufo language of the Nafana people. The Ligbi people have come to the area of Begho (Bighu), an ancient trading town on the Tain river in Ghana, in the early 17th century before the Nafana. Ligbi has seven oral and seven nasal vowels. It is a tonal language with two level tones, High and Low. Syllables are of the form (C1)V(C2) or N, where CV is the most common syllable type. C1 can be any of the consonants, whereas the optional C2 slot can have only nasals homorganic with the following consonants, e.g. , gbám mádáánè "nine houses," gbán táà "ten houses. " V (a vowel) alone occurs word-initial only in personal pronouns, some loan words, and names, e.g. , á jádɛ̀ "we have come."
  • Ligbi (auch Ligwi, Nigbi, Nigwi, Tuba, Banda, Dzowo, Namasa, Tsie, Weila, Wiila, Weela und Jogo) ist eine westafrikanische Sprache mit ca. 15.000 Sprechern in Ghana (2003 GILLBT) und etwa 4.000 Sprechern in der Elfenbeinküste. In Ghana wird Ligbi in Numasa im nordwestlichen Gebiet der Brong-Ahafo Region, östlich von Sampa und nordwestlich von Wenchi gesprochen. In der Elfenbeinküste wird Ligbi im östlichen Department verwendet in einem größeren Dorf mit dem Namen Bineto. Ferner gibt es eine Sprecher-Gruppe in Bouna sowie der Stadt Slil in der Nähe von Boundoukou sowie einige Sprecher in Ourodougou am Rande zu Gebiet in dem Malinke gesprochen wird. Anerkannte Dialekte sind Bungase, Gyogo, Hwela (Weila, Wiila, Weela, Vwela), Dwera (Manji-Kasa, Atumfour und Ntoleh.
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  • Ligbi
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  • Brong-Ahafo region, adjacent part of Côte d'Ivoire
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  • Ligbi (or Ligby) is a Mande language spoken in Ghana in the north-west corner of the Brong-Ahafo region. Ligbi is spoken by approximately 10 000 speakers. It is fairly closely related to Bambara/Jula and to Vai and Kono. A small population of Ligbi speakers (4 000) is reported to live in Côte d'Ivoire (Vanderaa 1991). Ligbi is also known as Wela, Hwela or Numu. The latter of these refers to a subsection of the Ligbi people; Numu is Dyula for 'blacksmith'.
  • Ligbi (auch Ligwi, Nigbi, Nigwi, Tuba, Banda, Dzowo, Namasa, Tsie, Weila, Wiila, Weela und Jogo) ist eine westafrikanische Sprache mit ca. 15.000 Sprechern in Ghana (2003 GILLBT) und etwa 4.000 Sprechern in der Elfenbeinküste. In Ghana wird Ligbi in Numasa im nordwestlichen Gebiet der Brong-Ahafo Region, östlich von Sampa und nordwestlich von Wenchi gesprochen. In der Elfenbeinküste wird Ligbi im östlichen Department verwendet in einem größeren Dorf mit dem Namen Bineto.
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  • Ligbi language
  • Ligbi (Sprache)
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