Kpwe | |
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Mokpwe | |
Native to | Cameroon |
Ethnicity | Kpwe, Mboko |
Native speakers | 25,000 (2000–2014)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | Variously:bri – Kpwebqm – Mboko (Wumboko)kme – Kole (Bakole) |
Glottolog | mokp1239 Mokpwewumb1241 Wumbokobako1250 Bakole |
A.21,22,231 [2] | |
ELP | Bakole |
People | Bekpak |
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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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