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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Congo > Bwisi

Bwisi

A language of Congo

ISO 639-3bwz

Population  3,020 in Congo (2000). Population total all countries: 4,250.
Region  Niari region, Kibangou District, Banda area, on Gabon border. Also in Gabon.
Language map  Congo, reference number 10
Alternate names   Ibwisi, Mbwisi
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, B, Sira (B.40)
Comments  Different from Talinga-Bwisi [tlj] of Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.

Also spoken in:

Gabon

Language name   Bwisi
Population  1,230 in Gabon (2000).
Region  Far south, Nyanga Province, Ndende area on Congo border.
Language map  Equatorial Guinea,Gabon and São Tomé e Príncipe, reference number 9
Alternate names  Ibwisi, Mbwisi
Comments  Different from Talinga-Bwisi [tlj] of Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.