Kpwe language (original) (raw)
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Bantu language spoken in Cameroon
| Kpwe | |
|---|---|
| Mokpwe | |
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Ethnicity | Kpwe, Mboko |
| Native speakers | (25,000 cited 2000–2014)[1] |
| Language family | Niger–Congo? Atlantic–CongoBenue–CongoBantoidBantu (Zone A)Sawabantu (A.20)Kpwe |
| Dialects | Kole Mboko |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:bri – Kpwebqm – Mboko (Wumboko)kme – Kole (Bakole) |
| Glottolog | mokp1239 Mokpwewumb1241 Wumbokobako1250 Bakole |
| Guthrie code | A.21,22,231[2] |
| ELP | Bakole |
| People | Bekpak |
|---|---|
| Language | Rikpa |
Kpwe (Mokpwe) is a Bantu language of Cameroon. It is mutually intelligible with Kole, and probably with Mboko (Wumboko) as well.
There are multiple variants of the name: based on 'Kpwe' (Bakpwe, Mokpwe), on 'Kpe' (Mokpe), on 'Kweɾi' (Kwedi, Kweli, Kwili, Kwiri, Bakwedi, Bakwele, Bakweri, Vakweli, Bekwiri), as well as Ujuwa, Vambeng.
- ^ Kpwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Mboko (Wumboko) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Kole (Bakole) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online