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Bebe

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: bzv

Population  2,500 (2001 SIL).
Region  North West Province, Donga-Mantung Division, Misaje Subdivision, west of Nkambe and north of Ring Road, Bebe-Jama and Bebe-Jatto villages.
Language map  Southwestern Cameroon, Enlarged Area, reference number 110
Alternate names   Yi Be Wu
Dialects  Member of the Eastern Beboid subgroup. Lexical similarity: 85% with Kemezung [dmo].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Beboid, Eastern
Language use  All domains. Also use Cameroon Pidgin [wes], Kemezung, English, or Nsari [asj].
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 0%.
Comments  Agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BRYE, Edward; BRYE, Elizabeth, authors. 2002. "Rapid appraisal and intelligibility testing surveys of the Eastern Beboid group of languages (Northwest Province)."  Available online

BRYE, Edward; BRYE, Elizabeth, authors. 2004. "Intelligibility testing survey of Bebe and Kemezung and synthesis of sociolinguistic research of the Eastern Beboid cluster."  Available online