Region Ivory Coast ISO 639-3 nhb | Native speakers 17,000 (1993) Glottolog beng1291 (Bengic) | |
Language family Niger–Congo
Mande
Eastern Mande
South(east)ern
Nwa–Beng?
Gban–Beng?
Beng | ||
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 language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA