- 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...
- are
surrounded by Gur
speakers to the north, the
isolated Mande-speaking
Ligbi people to the east, and the Akan-speaking
Abron to the south. The Nafana...
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consequently developed into
separate ethnic groups, sometimes, as with the
Ligbi, also
their own languages. A
mismatch in
language between patron and client...
-
Senufo languages (Nafaanra)
Kulango languages Mande languages (Wangara,
Ligbi)
Older classifications may
instead group them as Kwa, Gur, and Mande. Ghana...
- They are,
Ligbi of
Ghana the
extinct Tonjon of
Ivory Coast Jeri of
Ivory Coast Ble of
Burkina Faso Kpee of
Burkina Faso is
similar to
Ligbi, but no comparison...
-
blacksmiths among the
Djimini Senoufo of
Ivory Coast. It was
closely related to
Ligbi,
another blacksmith language.
Christopher Moseley;
Alexandre Nicolas (2010)...
-
Gurunsi (in
particular the
Frafra and
Kusasi peoples), the Wala
people and
Ligbi. The area
constitutes fourteen administrative districts in present-day Ghana...
-
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....
- (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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nations include the
Soninke and Susu, as well as
smaller ones such as the
Ligbi, Vai, and Bissa. Mandé-speaking
peoples inhabit various environments, from...
