Bebil language

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Bebil (Gbïgbïl) is a Bantu language of Cameroon. It is mutually intelligible with other Beti dialects.

Bebil
Gbïgbïl
RegionCameroon
Native speakers
(6,000 cited 1991)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bxp
Glottologbebi1242
A.73b[2]

There are 6,000 speakers (according to Nguetse Mezatio Tsague in 2003) in the Eastern Region, in the communes of Diang and Belabo in Lom-et-Djerem department.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Bebil at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.