Kpwe language

People	Bekpak
Language	Rikpa

Kpwe
Kpwe
Mokpwe
Native to	Cameroon
Ethnicity	Kpwe, Mboko
Native speakers	25,000 (2000–2014)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone A) Sawabantu (A.20) Kpwe; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Kole; Mboko;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; bri – Kpwe; bqm – Mboko (Wumboko); kme – Kole (Bakole)
Glottolog	mokp1239 Mokpwe; wumb1241 Wumboko; bako1250 Bakole
Guthrie code	A.21,22,231
ELP	Bakole

Kpwe (Mokpwe) is a Bantu language of Cameroon. It is mutually intelligible with Kole, and probably with Mboko (Wumboko) as well.

There are multiple variants of the name: based on 'Kpwe' (Bakpwe, Mokpwe), on 'Kpe' (Mokpe), on 'Kweɾi' (Kwedi, Kweli, Kwili, Kwiri, Bakwedi, Bakwele, Bakweri, Vakweli, Bekwiri), as well as Ujuwa, Vambeng.

References

^ Kpwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Mboko (Wumboko) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Kole (Bakole) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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[e18-1] Kpwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Mboko (Wumboko) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Kole (Bakole) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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Kpwe
Mokpwe
Native to	Cameroon
Ethnicity	Kpwe, Mboko
Native speakers	25,000 (2000–2014)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone A) Sawabantu (A.20) Kpwe
Dialects	Kole Mboko
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: `bri` – Kpwe `bqm` – Mboko (Wumboko) `kme` – Kole (Bakole)
Glottolog	`mokp1239` Mokpwe `wumb1241` Wumboko `bako1250` Bakole
Guthrie code	`A.21,22,231`^[2]
ELP	Bakole