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

Gyele

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3gyi

Population  4,250 in Cameroon. Population total all countries: 4,279.
Region  South Province, Ocean Division, Kribi and Lolodorf subdivisions, Kribi forest area, and along Kribi to Lolodorf road. Also in Equatorial Guinea.
Language map  Southwestern Cameroon, reference number 245
Alternate names   Babinga, Bagiele, Bagyele, Bajele, Bajeli, Bako, Bakola, Bakuele, Bekoe, Bogyel, Bogyeli, Bondjiel, Giele, Gieli, Gyeli, Likoya
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Makaa-Njem (A.80)
Language development  Bible portions: 1969.
Comments  Pygmies, dispersed in small groups in the forest.

Also spoken in:

Equatorial Guinea

Language name   Gyele
Population  29 in Equatorial Guinea (1998 govt.).
Region  Coast, northwest corner.
Language map  Equatorial Guinea,Gabon and São Tomé e Príncipe, reference number 14
Alternate names  Babinga, Bagiele, Bagyele, Bajele, Bajeli, Bako, Bakola, Bakuele, Bekoe, Bogyel, Bogyeli, Bondjiel, Giele, Gieli, Gyeli, Likoya
Comments  Pygmies, dispersed in small groups in the forest.