Bandi
Bandi is a Mande language spoken in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.
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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.
Bandi has six dialects: Hasala, Hembeh, Lukasa, Wawana, Wulukoha, and Tahamba, which is the dialect used for literature. The dialects have a lexical similarity of 96% among one another, and 83% with the most similar dialect of the Mende language.
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Words in Bandi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nu* | |
| name | ndahei* | |
| eye | ngahu* | |
| ear | ngoli* | |
| nose | sokpa* | |
| tooth | ndangolui* | |
| tongue | nE* | |
| hand | ngea* | |
| blood | Nawo* | |
| bone | kalE* | |
| skin | kolo* | |
| knee | ngunbu* | |
| breast | 5ini* | |
| water | nja | |
| fire | ngonbu* | |
| sun | folo* | |
| star | temulexa* | |
| stone | kotu* | |
| mountain | ngehe* | |
| tree | ngulu* | |
| leaf | ndaxa* | |
| night | kpindi* | |
| dog | ngila* | |
| fish | 5E* | |
| louse | kalaba* | |
| one | ngila* | |
| two | fele* | |
| I | ngi* | |
| you | i* | |
| we | mu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- MendeMande65% alike
- Loma (Liberia)Mande52% alike
- KpelleMande32% alike
- Guinea KpelleMande29% alike
- SusuMande18% alike
- Lele (Guinea)Mande17% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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