Bebe language

Southern Bantu language of Cameroon
Bebe
Naami
Yi Be Wu
RegionCameroon
Native speakers
3,600 (2008)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Southern Bantoid
        • Eastern Beboid
          • Bebe
Language codes
ISO 639-3bzv
Glottologbebe1250

Bebe, or Naami, is an Eastern Beboid language of Cameroon. According to Ethnologue, it's 85% lexically similar to Kemezung.

References

  1. ^ Bebe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • Blench, Roger, 2011. 'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu'. Bantu IV, Humboldt University, Berlin.
  • Brye, Edward and Elizabeth Brye. 2004. "Intelligibility testing survey of Bebe and Kemezung and synthesis of sociolinguistic research of the Eastern Beboid cluster." SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2004-011: 18 p. http://www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2004-011
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Beboid languages
Eastern
  • Chung
  • Bebe
  • Kemezung
  • Naki
  • Saari
  • Noni
  • Fio
  • Mbuk
Western
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