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

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

  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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