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Bantu language of Cameroon ‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. ›
Bebil
Gbïgbïl
RegionCameroon
Native speakers(6,000 cited 1991)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3bxp
Glottologbebi1242
Guthrie codeA.73b

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

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.

References

  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.
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