Obanliku language

Obanliku (Banliku, Abanliku) is a Bendi language of Nigeria. There are five dialects or varieties: Bisu, Busi, Bishiri, Basang and Bebi.[2]

Obanliku
Banliku
Native toNigeria
Native speakers
(65,000 cited 1989)[1]
Dialects
  • Basang
  • Bebi
  • Bishiri
  • Bisu
  • Busi
Language codes
ISO 639-3bzy
Glottologoban1244

In a 2011 survey, it was found that the Bisu, Busi, Bishiri and Bebi dialects share above 75% lexical similarity and are mutually intelligible, but the southwestern Basang dialect had less than 75%, causing some difficulty for speakers of the other dialects.[3] Basang speakers could understand the other dialects, however.[4] Additionally, all Obanliku speakers have some understanding of the neighbouring Bete-Bendi language, mainly through learning it at the market;[5] the Obanliku and Bete-Bendi languages also had an average of 70% lexical similarity.[3]

References
  1. Obanliku at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. "Summary Report of a Sociolinguistic Survey of the Obanliku Speech Varieties of Cross River State, Nigeria An Abridged Version of a Full Report (PDF Download Available)". ResearchGate. 2011. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  3. "Summary Report of a Sociolinguistic Survey of the Obanliku Speech Varieties of Cross River State, Nigeria An Abridged Version of a Full Report (PDF Download Available)". ResearchGate. 2011. p. 3. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  4. "Summary Report of a Sociolinguistic Survey of the Obanliku Speech Varieties of Cross River State, Nigeria An Abridged Version of a Full Report (PDF Download Available)". ResearchGate. 2011. p. 7. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  5. "Summary Report of a Sociolinguistic Survey of the Obanliku Speech Varieties of Cross River State, Nigeria An Abridged Version of a Full Report (PDF Download Available)". ResearchGate. 2011. p. 9. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 2017-08-01.


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