Native to Republic of Congo ISO 639-3 bkw | Dialects NkonabeebBekwil Glottolog bekw1242 | |
Native speakers 14,000 (2003–2007 in Congo and Gabon)unknown number in Cameroon Language family Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoBenue–CongoBantu (Zone A)Makaa–Njem + Kako (A.80–90)Ndzem–BomwaliBekwilicBekwel | ||
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.
References
Bekwil language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA