• The Ligbi (or Ligby) people speak a Mande language in Ghana, in the north-west corner of the Brong-Ahafo Region. Ligbi is spoken by approximately 10,000...
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    Oti–Volta) Senufo languages (Nafaanra) Kulango languages Mande languages (Wangara, Ligbi) Older classifications may instead group them as Kwa, Gur, and...
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  • Mande language once spoken by blacksmiths among the Djimini Senoufo of Ivory Coast. It was closely related to Ligbi, another blacksmith language. Tonjon...
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    they speak Nafaanra, a Senufo language. They are surrounded by Gur speakers to the north, the isolated Mande speaking Ligbi people to the east, and the...
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    The Mande languages (Mandén, Manding; [needs IPA]) are a group of languages spoken in several countries in West Africa by the Mandé peoples. They include...
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  • spoken by blacksmiths (numu) in Burkina Faso. It is thought to be similar to Ligbi in Ghana, but no comparison has been done. Kpee at Ethnologue (18th ed....
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  • The Jɔgɔ (Jogo) or Numu languages form a branch of the Western Mande languages. They are, Ligbi of Ghana the extinct Tonjon of Ivory Coast Jeri of Ivory...
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    Twa (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    separate ethnic groups, sometimes, as with the Ligbi, also their own languages. A mismatch in language between patron and client could later occur from...
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  • linguistic names. Language portal Constructed language and List of constructed languages Language (for information about language in general) Language observatory...
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    eastern and western neighbour is the Mande language Ligbi. Southeast and south of Nafaanra and Ligbi, the Akan language Abron is spoken. The Nafana people live...
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  • parent group have even developed distinct languages spoken only by blacksmiths. The best-known of these is Ligbi; others include Tonjon, Natioro, Somyev...
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  • (Sierra Leone, Guinea) Kyenga people (Nigeria, Benin) Lele people (Guinea) Ligbi people (Ghana) Loko people (Sierra Leone) Loma people (Guinea, Liberia)...
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  • Mande I.A.2.a Western I.A.2.a.1 Malinke, Bambara, Dyula, Mandinka, Numu, Ligbi, Huela, Vai, Kono, Koranko, Khasonke Bobo I.A.2.a.3 Mende, Loko, Gbandi...
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    traditional music. Mande languages include Mandinka, Soninke, Bambara, Bissa, Dioula, Kagoro, Bozo, Mende, Susu, Vai and Ligbi: there are populations in...
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    17th century. The Bono then proceeded to conquer the Kulangos, Nafanas, Ligbis, and other ethnic groups of the area. Before European colonial administration...
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    Balafon (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    northern Ivory Coast in West Africa. Among Mande populations in Ghana like the Ligbi (Numu), Bissa and Dyula, the same instrument is known as bala. The gyil...
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  • tribes include the Soninke and Susu as well as smaller tribes such as the Ligbi, Vai, and Bissa. The Mandé people inhabit various environments, from coastal...
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  • This is a list of ISO 639-3 language codes starting with L. Index | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u |...
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  • Dagomba people (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Gurunsi (in particular the Frafra and Kusasi peoples), the Wala people and Ligbi. The area constitutes fourteen administrative districts in present-day Ghana...
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