Kpwe language

Kpwe (Mokpwe) is a Bantu language of Cameroon. It is mutually intelligible with Kole, and probably with Mboko (Wumboko) as well.

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[2]
wumb1241  Wumboko[3]
bako1250  Bakole[4]
A.21,22,231[5]
PeopleBekpak
LanguageRikpa

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)
    Mboko (Wumboko) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Kole (Bakole) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Mokpwe". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Wumboko-Bubia". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bakole". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  5. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


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