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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Cameroon > Bebele

Bebele

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3beb

Population  24,000 (Welmers 1971).
Region  Center Province, Upper Sanaga Division, Minta Subdivision; East Province, Lom-and Djerem Division, Diang Subdivision.
Language map  Southeastern Cameroon, reference number 253
Alternate names   Bamvele
Dialects  Eki, Manyok. Related to Beti [btb], Bulu [bum], Eton [eto], Ewondo [ewo], Fang [fak], Mengisa [mct].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Yaunde-Fang (A.70)
Language use  Also use Beti.