Mbe language

People	Mbube
Language	M̀bè

Mbe
Mbe
M̀bè
Pronunciation	[m̀bè]
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Ogoja, Cross River State
Ethnicity	Mbube people
Native speakers	65,000 (2011)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic-Congo Volta-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Ekoid–Mbe Mbe; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mfo
Glottolog	mbee1249

Mbe is a language spoken by the Mbube people of the Ogoja, Cross River State region of Nigeria, numbering about 65,000 people in 2011. As the closest relative of the Ekoid family of the Southern Bantoid languages, Mbe is fairly close to the Bantu languages. It is tonal and has a typical Niger–Congo noun-class system.

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