Mpiemo (Bimu) is a Bantu language of the Central African Republic. The Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM, or "Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon") gives the name Mpo.[3]
| Mpiemo | |
|---|---|
| Mbimu | |
| Native to | Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo |
| Ethnicity | Mbimu |
Native speakers | (29,000 in CAR and Cameroon cited 1991–1996)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mcx |
| Glottolog | mpie1238 |
A.86c[2] | |
There is little description of the language, but one team used Mpiemo data to test the ability of computer programs to analyze real language data.[4]
References
edit- ^ Mpiemo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hammarström, Harald, Christina Thornell, Malin Petzell, and Torbjörn Westerlund. "Bootstrapping language description: The case of Mpiemo (Bantu A, Central African Republic)." In Sixth international conference on Language Resources and Evaluation, LREC 2008, 28–30 May 2008, Marrakech. 2008.downloadable
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