Ligbi kasa

The Ligbi (or Ligby) nkorɔfo ka Mande kasa wɔ Ghana, a ɔwɔ etsifi-atɔe nkyɛnmu wɔ Bono-Ahafo Mantɔw mu. Ligbi nkorɔfo a wɔka yɛ bɛyɛ 10,000 (1988 GILLBT/SIL). Ɔnye Jula, Vai ma Kono reyɛ ayɛ pɛr. Nyimpakuw kakra a wɔka Ligbi bɛyɛ 4,000 abɔtɔ gua dɛ wɔtse Ivory Coast (Vanderaa 1991). Ligbi wɔsan nyim no dɛ Wala (Hwela) anaa Numu. Iyi n'ase no kyerɛ Ligbi nkorɔfo bi nom; Numu yɛ Dyula dze ma obi a ɔpae abo.

Ligbi kasa no wɔ Nafaanra atɔe nkwaado, Senufo kasa ma Nafana nkorɔfo. Ligbi nkorɔfo no fir Begho (Bighu) sɔnmu, nkran adzetɔn kurow a ɔwɔ Tain nsutsen a ɔwɔ Ghana, wɔ awo ntoatoado 17 ansaana Nafana rebɛba. Ligbi wɔ anomu esuon na hwembɔ esuon ndze ngyegyee. Ɔyɛ ndze kasa a ɔwɔ ndze ebien, dza ɔwɔ sor na dza ɔwɔ famu.

 Fɔnɔlɔgyi 

 Nkonsonantse 
+NkonsonantseLabialDentalPalatalVelarLabial-
velarGlottalPlosive/
Affricatevoicelesspt̪tʃkkpvoicedbd̪dʒggbNasalmn̪ɲŋFricativevoicelessfs(h)voiced(v)(z)Approximantljw

 /d/ is [r] between vowels.
 /k/ and /g/ are [ɣ] between vowels.
 /d/, /g/, and /l/ are nasalized between nasal vowels.
 /h/ occurs in English and Arabic loanwords.
 /v/ and /z/ only occur in ideophones.

 Mbawor 
+Anomu MbaworFrontCentralBackCloseiuClose-mideoOpen-midɛɔOpena
+Hwembɔ MbaworFrontCentralBackCloseĩũClose-midẽõOpen-midɛ̃ɔ̃Opena

 Ndze 
Ligbi wɔ ndze ahorow ebien, sor na famu.