Kpwe | |
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Mokpwe | |
Spoken in | Cameroon |
Native speakers | unknown (36,000 cited 1982) |
Language family | |
Dialects |
Kole
Mboko
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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.