Kpwe language

Not to be confused with Mboko language.

Kpwe
Mokpwe
Native to	Cameroon
Ethnicity	Kpwe, Mboko
Native speakers	25,000 (2000–2014)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone A) Sawabantu (A.20) Kpwe
Dialects	Kole Mboko
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: bri – Kpwe bqm – Mboko (Wumboko) kme – Kole (Bakole)
Glottolog	mokp1239  Mokpwe wumb1241  Wumboko bako1250  Bakole
Guthrie code	A.21,22,231[2]
ELP	Bakole

People	Bekpak
Language	Rikpa

Kpwe (Mokpwe) is a Bantu language of Cameroon. It is mutually intelligible with Kole, and probably with Mboko (Wumboko) as well.

There are multiple variants of the name: based on 'Kpwe' (Bakpwe, Mokpwe), on 'Kpe' (Mokpe), on 'Kweɾi' (Kwedi, Kweli, Kwili, Kwiri, Bakwedi, Bakwele, Bakweri, Vakweli, Bekwiri), as well as Ujuwa, Vambeng.

References

1. Kpwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Mboko (Wumboko) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Kole (Bakole) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online