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Kwasio

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: nmg

Population  9,000 in Cameroon (1982 SIL). Population total all countries: 17,500.
Region  South Province, Ocean Division, Kribi and Lolodorf subdivisions, Kribi forests area; Kribi to Lolodorf. Also in Equatorial Guinea.
Language map  Southwestern Cameroon, reference number 246
Alternate names   Ngumba
Dialects  Kwasio (Kwassio, Bisio), Mvumbo (Ngumba, Ngoumba, Mgoumba, Mekuk), Mabi (Mabea).
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Makaa-Njem (A.80)
Language development  Bible portions: 1957.
Comments  Distinct from Ngomba [jgo], which is in West Province. Christian, traditional religion.

Also spoken in:

Equatorial Guinea

Language name   Kwasio
Population  8,500 in Equatorial Guinea (1982 SIL).
Region  Rio Muni.
Language map  Equatorial Guinea,Gabon and São Tomé e Príncipe, reference number 19
Alternate names  Bujeba, Mabea, Mabi, Mgoumba, Mvumbo, Ngoumba, Ngumba
Dialects  Kwasio (Bisio, Bissio, Bisiwo).
Comments  One of 3 groups known as ‘semi-playeros’, because they function well on the coast and in the jungle. Swidden agriculturalists.
 

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

MBANJI, Bawe Ernest, illustrator; GFELLER, Elisabeth, editor. 1990. Multilingual Cameroon: Reader in Cameroonian languages = Cameroun multilingue: Lectures en langues camerounaises .