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Bebil language

Bebil language

Bantu language of Cameroon


Bebil (Gbïgbïl) is a Bantu language of Cameroon. It is mutually intelligible with other Beti dialects.

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There are 6,000 speakers (according to Nguetse Mezatio Tsague in 2003) in the Eastern Region, in the communes of Diang and Belabo in Lom-et-Djerem department.[3]


References

  1. Bebil at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.



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