Bekwil language

Bantu language of the Republic of the Congo
Bekwel
Native toRepublic of Congo
Native speakers
14,000 (2003–2007 in Congo and Gabon)[1]
unknown number in Cameroon[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Dialects
  • Nkonabeeb
  • Bekwil
Language codes
ISO 639-3bkw
Glottologbekw1242
A.85a,b[2]

Bekwel (Bekwil) is a Bantu language of the Republic of the Congo. There are some 10,000 speakers there, with a quarter that number across the border in Gabon, and perhaps a similar on the opposite side in Cameroon. It is rather close to Nzime (Koonzime).

Maho (2009) considers Nkonabeeb (Konabembe) to be a dialect of Bekwil rather than of Mpumpong.

References

  1. ^ a b Bekwel at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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