Yaren Ligbi

Mutanen Ligbi (ko Ligby) suna magana da yaren Mande a Ghana, a kusurwar arewa maso yamma na yankin Brong-Ahafo . Ligbi yana magana da kusan masu magana 10,000 (1988 GILLBT/ SIL ). Yana da alaƙa da Jula, Vai da Kono . Ƙananan masu magana da Ligbi (kusan 4,000) an ruwaito suna zaune a Ivory Coast (Vanderaa 1991). Ana kuma san Ligbi da Wela (Hwela) ko Numu. Na karshen wadannan yana nufin wani bangare na mutanen Ligbi; Numu shi ne Dyula na 'maƙarƙashiya'. (Dubi maƙeran yammacin Afirka .); 

Yankin Ligbi a Ghana yana da iyaka da yamma da Nafaanra, harshen Senufo na mutanen Nafana . Mutanen Ligbi sun zo yankin Begho (Bighu), wani tsohon garin kasuwanci ne a kan kogin Tain a Ghana, a farkon karni na 17 kafin Nafana. 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 Ligbi yana da wasulan baka bakwai da na hanci bakwai. Harshen tonal ne mai sautunan matakin biyu, babba da ƙasa. Harsuna na nau'i ne (C 1 )V(C 2 ) ko N ( hanci mai ma'ana ), inda CV shine mafi yawan nau'in sauti. C 1 na iya zama kowane baƙaƙe, yayin da ramin C 2 na zaɓi zai iya samun nasals kawai tare da baƙaƙe masu zuwa, misali,  "Gida tara,"  "Gida goma." V (wani wasali) kaɗai yana bayyana kalma-farko kawai a cikin karin magana na sirri, wasu kalmomin aro, da sunaye, misali,  "Mun zo."

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 Manazarta 

 Persson, Andrew and Janet (1976) 'Ligbi', in Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu (ed.) Takaddun Bayanan Harsuna na Yammacin Afirka, juzu'i na 1.
Category:Harsunan Mande