Obanliku language

Obanliku
Obanliku
Banliku
Native to	Nigeria
Native speakers	(65,000 cited 1989)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid? Bendi Obanliku; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Basang; Bebi; Bishiri; Bisu; Busi;
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]

References

^ Obanliku at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "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.
^ "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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[e25-1] Obanliku at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[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.

[:0-3] "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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