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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Cameroon > Kenswei Nsei

Kenswei Nsei

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3ndb

Population  25,000 (2008).
Region  North West Province, Ngo Ketunjia Division, Ndop Subdivision, west of Ndop on Ndop Plain, Bamessing village area.
Language map  Southwestern Cameroon, Enlarged Area, reference number 140
Alternate names   Bamessing, Befi, Calebasses, Kensense, Melamba, Mesing, Ndop-Bamessing, Nsei, Veteng, Vetweng
Dialects  Similar to Vengo [bav], Wushi [bse], Bamunka [bvm].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Ring, South
Comments  Refer to the language as ‘Nsei’.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Vernacular Publications

Ŋwaʼnǝ mǝboʼ nsey 2. 1982.

Reading and Writing Kənswey Nsey!. 2011.  Available online