Beng language
Beng | |
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Ngain | |
Region | Ivory Coast |
Native speakers | (17,000 cited 1993)[1] |
Niger–Congo
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
Either:nhb – Benggnj – Ngen |
Glottolog |
beng1291 Bengic[2] |
Beng (Ben) is a Mande language of Ivory Coast. The Ngen dialect, perhaps a closely related language, is spelled various ways, including Gan, Ngain, Ngan, Ngin, Nguin.
Paperno describes Beng and Gbin as two primary branches of Southern Mande.
References
- ↑ Beng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Ngen at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bengic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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