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Mbe

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3: mfo

Population  14,300 (1973 SIL).
Region  Cross River state, Ogoja LGA.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 10, reference number 436
Alternate names   Ketuen, Western Mbube
Dialects  Idum, Ikumtale, Odaje.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Mbe
Language development  Bible portions: 1992.
Comments  Distinct from Mbe’ [mtk] of Cameroon, a Grassfields language.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BAKO, Nengak; HON, Luther; MAGNUSSON, Carol; MUNIRU, John; OTRONYI, Linus; PETERMAN, Erika; YODER, Zachariah, authors. 2009. A Summary of a Sociolinguistic Survey of the Obe Cluster of Cross River State, Nigeria.

POHLIG, James, author. 1981. The Mbe verb: a description of the verb system of Mbe, a language of northern Cross River State, Nigeria.