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Benga language

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Ethnicity
  
Benga people

ISO 639-3
  
bng

Native speakers
  
5,400 (2004–2011)

Glottolog
  
beng1282

Native to
  
Equatorial Guinea, Gabon

Language family
  
Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoBenue–CongoBantoidBantu (Zone A)Sawabantu (A.30)Benga

Benga is a West Bantu language spoken by the Benga people of Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It has a dialectical variation called Bapuku. Benga-speakers inhabit a small coastal portion of Rio Muni, the Cape of San Juan, suburban enclaves of Rio Benito and Bata, the islands of Corisco, Small Elobey and Great Elobey.

Texts

  • Malěndwě ma holi ma panga ya vyo: Na Benga ... American Bible society. 1898. Retrieved 25 August 2012. 
  • Westminster assembly of divine (1858). The Shorter Catechism, in the Benga Language. Retrieved 25 August 2012. 
  • American Bible Society (1893). Panga ea kya, ekulu ya bebale...: The New Testament in the Benga language... American Bible Society. Retrieved 25 August 2012. 
  • The gospel according to Matthew: translated into the Benga language. American Bible Society. 1881. Retrieved 25 August 2012. 

    • References

    Benga language Wikipedia
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