Bendi materials
The Bendi languages are
located in the northern part of
Very little research has been conducted on Bendi languages
and modern work that does exist, mostly on Bekwara, and Bokyi, remains
unpublished or inaccessible. Early materials can be found in Koelle (1854),
Table 1.
The Bendi languages |
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Comment |
Afrike |
|
3500 |
|
Alege |
Ugbe |
1200 |
|
Bekwara |
Yakoro |
100,000 |
|
Bete-Bendi |
Dama |
36,800 |
|
Bokyi |
Ŋki |
144,000 |
also in |
Bumaji |
|
? |
twelve villages |
Obanliku |
|
65000 |
includes Basang, Bebi, Bishiri, Bisu (=Gayi), Busi |
Ubang (m./ f.) |
|
? |
|
Ukpe-Bayobiri |
|
12000 |
|
Utugwong |
|
? |
includes Obe, Oboso, Okorogung, Okorotung |
Many of these figures are very old and have been repeated from one reference book to another.
Documents
Title |
Author |
Status |
Roger Blench |
Unpublished |
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P. Otronyi et al. |
Unpublished |
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P. Otronyi et al. |
Unpublished |
|
Ron Stanford |
Unpublished |
|
H. Jungraithmayr |
Published |
[1] The three Bendi vocabularies given in Thomas (Dama, Gayi and Yakoro) were ‘forwarded from the Provincial Office’ rather than collected directly by him.