Bebele

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639: beb
Alternate Names: Bamvele
Population: 24,000 (Welmers 1971a).
Location:: Centre region: Upper Sanaga division, Minta subdivision; East region: Lom-and-Djerem division, Diang subdivision.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Ewondo-Fang (A.73)
Dialects: Eki, Manyok. Related to Bulu [bum], Eton [eto], Ewondo [ewo], Fang [fan], and Mengisa [mct].
Language Use: Some young people, all adults. Most also use French [fra]. Used as L2 by Bebil [bxp].
Language Development: Grammar.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Bebele
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Centre region: Upper Sanaga division, Minta subdivision; East region: Lom-and-Djerem division, Diang subdivision.