Alternate Names: Bande, Gbande, Gbandi, Gbunde
Dialects: Hasala, Hembeh, Lukasa, Tahamba, Wawana, Wulukoha. Tahamba dialect used for literature. Lexical similarity: 96% with the 6 dialects, 83% with the most similar Mende , dialect.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 100,000 in Liberia (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001). 50,000 fled to Guinea (Johnstone 1993). Population total all countries: 107,000.
Language Use: Used as L2 by Kuwaa [blh].
Language Development: Grammar. NT: 2000.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Liberia
Other Comments: Glossonym: Gbandi or Gbande, both erroneous. Traditional religion, Muslim.