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Benga is a Bantu language spoken by the Benga people of Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It has a dialectal variation called Bapuku. Benga speakers inhabit a small coastal portion of Río Muni, the Cape of San Juan, suburban enclaves of Rio Benito and Bata, the islands of Corisco, Small Elobey and Great Elobey.

See also

• Bube language

References

1. Benga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

• James L. Mackey (1892). Grammar of the Benga-Bantu language. American Tract Society. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
• James L. Mackey (1855). A grammar of the Benga language. Mission House, 23 Centre Street. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
• Dictionary of the English and Benga languages. Mission House. 1879. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
• Francisco Salvadó y Cos (1891). Colección de apuntes preliminares sobre la lengua benga: ó sea, Introducción a una gramática de este idióma que se habla en la isla de Corisco, pueblos de su bahía é islas adyacentes. Impr. de A. Pérez Cubrull. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

External links

• Presentation of the Benga language by linguist Patrick Mouguiama-Daouda

Texts

• Malěndwě ma holi ma panga ya vyo: Na Benga ... American Bible society. 1898. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
• Westminster assembly of divine (1858). The Shorter Catechism, in the Benga Language. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
• American Bible Society (1893). Panga ea kya, ekulu ya bebale...: The New Testament in the Benga language... American Bible Society. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
• The gospel according to Matthew: translated into the Benga language. American Bible Society. 1881. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

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