Kpwe language

Kpwe (Mokpwe) is a Bantu language of Cameroon. It is mutually intelligible with Kole, and probably with Mboko (Wumboko) as well.

Kpwe
Mokpwe
Native toCameroon
EthnicityKpwe, Mboko
Native speakers
25,000 (2000–2014)[1]
Dialects
  • Kole
  • Mboko
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
bri  Kpwe
bqm  Mboko (Wumboko)
kme  Kole (Bakole)
Glottologmokp1239  Mokpwe
wumb1241  Wumboko
bako1250  Bakole
A.21,22,231[2]
ELPBakole
PeopleBekpak
LanguageRikpa

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

  1. 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)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


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