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Ligbi
Ligbi
Native to	Ghana
Region	Brong-Ahafo region, adjacent part of Ivory Coast
Native speakers	(19,000 cited 1991–2003)
Language family	Niger–Congo Mande Western Mande Central Manding–Jogo Jogo–Jeri Jogo Ligbi; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lig
Glottolog	ligb1244
ELP	Hwela

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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 speakers (1988 GILLBT/SIL). It is fairly closely related to Jula, Vai and Kono. A small population of Ligbi speakers (around 4,000) is reported to live in Ivory Coast (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'. (See blacksmiths of western Africa.)

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.^[2] 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 (a syllabic nasal), 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."

Notes

^ Ligbi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Jack Goody, "The Mande and the Akan Hinterland", in: The Historian in Tropical Africa, J.Vansina, R.Mauny and L.V.Thomas eds., 1964, London, Oxford University, 192-218

References

Persson, Andrew and Janet (1976) 'Ligbi', in Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu (ed.) West African Linguistic Data Sheets, vol 1.

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[e18-1] Ligbi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Jack Goody, "The Mande and the Akan Hinterland", in: The Historian in Tropical Africa, J.Vansina, R.Mauny and L.V.Thomas eds., 1964, London, Oxford University, 192-218

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+{{Infobox language
 |name=Ligbi
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-'''Ligbi''' (or Ligby) is a [[Mande languages|Mande language]] spoken in [[Ghana]] in the north-west corner of the [[Brong-Ahafo]] region. Ligbi is spoken by approximately 10 000 speakers (1988 GILLBT/[[SIL International|SIL]]). It is fairly closely related to [[Dioula language|Jula]], [[Vai language|Vai]] and [[Kono language|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''' (or Ligby) people speak a [[Mande languages|Mande language]] in [[Ghana]], in the north-west corner of the [[Brong-Ahafo Region]]. Ligbi is spoken by approximately 10,000 speakers (1988 GILLBT/[[SIL International|SIL]]). It is fairly closely related to [[Dioula language|Jula]], [[Vai language|Vai]] and [[Kono language (Sierra Leone)|Kono]]. A small population of Ligbi speakers (around 4,000) is reported to live in Ivory Coast (Vanderaa 1991). Ligbi is also known as Wela (Hwela) or Numu. The latter of these refers to a subsection of the Ligbi people; {{lang|dyu|Numu}} is Dyula for 'blacksmith'. (See [[blacksmiths of western Africa]].)
-The Ligbi area in Ghana is bordered to the west by [[Nafaanra language|Nafaanra]], the [[Senufo languages|Senufo]] language of the [[Nafana (people)|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.<ref> Jack Goody, "The Mande and the Akan Hinterland", in: The Historian in Tropical Africa, J.Vansina, R.Mauny and L.V.Thomas eds., 1964, London, Oxford University, 192-218</ref>
+The Ligbi area in Ghana is bordered to the west by [[Nafaanra language|Nafaanra]], the [[Senufo languages|Senufo]] language of the [[Nafana (people)|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.<ref>Jack Goody, "The Mande and the Akan Hinterland", in: The Historian in Tropical Africa, J.Vansina, R.Mauny and L.V.Thomas eds., 1964, London, Oxford University, 192-218</ref>
+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 (C<sub>1</sub>)V(C<sub>2</sub>) or N (a [[syllabic nasal]]), where CV is the most common syllable type.  C<sub>1</sub> can be any of the consonants, whereas the optional C<sub>2</sub> slot can have only nasals [[homorganic]] with the following consonants, e.g., {{lang|lig|gbá<u>m</u> mádáánè}} "nine houses," {{lang|lig|gbá<u>n</u> táà}} "ten houses." V (a vowel) alone occurs word-initial only in personal pronouns, some loan words, and names, e.g., {{lang|lig|á jádɛ̀}} "we have come."
-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 (C<sub>1</sub>)V(C<sub>2</sub>) or N (a [[syllabic nasal]]), where CV is the most common syllable type.  C<sub>1</sub> can be any of the consonants, whereas the optional C<sub>2</sub> slot can have only nasals [[homorganic]] with the following consonants, e.g., ''gbá<u>m</u> mádáánè'' "nine houses," ''gbá<u>n</u> 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."
 ==Notes==
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 ==References==
 *Persson, Andrew and Janet (1976) 'Ligbi', in Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu (ed.) ''West African Linguistic Data Sheets'', vol 1.
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