Kpwe language

Kpwe language
Kpwe
Mokpwe
Spoken in  Cameroon
Native speakers 36,000  (1982)
Language family
Niger–Congo
Dialects
Kole
Mboko
Language codes
ISO 639-3 variously:
bri – Kpwe
bqm – Mboko (Wumboko)
kme – Kole (Bakole)
 person  
 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.



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