Obanliku | |
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Banliku | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Native speakers | (65,000 cited 1989) [1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
bzy |
Glottolog |
oban1244 |
Obanliku (Banliku, Abanliku) is a Bendi language of Nigeria. There are five dialects or varieties: Bisu, Busi, Bishiri, Basang and Bebi. [2]
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]