Kpwe language
Not to be confused with Mboko language (Congo).
| Kpwe | |
|---|---|
| Mokpwe | |
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Ethnicity | Kpwe people |
Native speakers | 25,000 (2000–2014)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Variously: bri – Kpwe bqm – Mboko (Wumboko) kme – Kole (Bakole) |
| Glottolog |
mokp1239 (Mokpwe)[2]wumb1241 (Wumboko)[3]bako1250 (Bakole)[4] |
A.21,22,231[5] | |
| 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.
References
- ↑ Kpwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Mboko (Wumboko) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Kole (Bakole) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Mokpwe". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Wumboko". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Bakole". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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