Bekwil language

Bekwel
Bekwel
Native to	Republic of Congo
Native speakers	14,000 (2003–2007 in Congo and Gabon); unknown number in Cameroon
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantu (Zone A) Makaa–Njem + Kako (A.80–90) Ndzem–Bomwali Bekwilic Bekwel; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Nkonabeeb; Bekwil;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bkw
Glottolog	bekw1242
Guthrie code	A.85a,b

Bekwel (Bekwil) is a Bantu language of the Republic of the Congo. There are some 10,000 speakers there, with a quarter that number across the border in Gabon, and perhaps a similar on the opposite side in Cameroon. It is rather close to Nzime (Koonzime).

Maho (2009) considers Nkonabeeb (Konabembe) to be a dialect of Bekwil rather than of Mpumpong.

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