• 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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  • 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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