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

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. Basang speakers could understand the other dialects, however. Additionally, all Obanliku speakers have some understanding of the neighbouring Bete-Bendi language, mainly through learning it at the market; the Obanliku and Bete-Bendi languages also had an average of 70% lexical similarity.

References

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.
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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