Bantu language spoken in Congo Republic
Bwisi |
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Native to | Congo, Gabon |
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Native speakers | 4,300 (2000)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | bwz |
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Glottolog | bwis1242 |
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| B.401 [2] |
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ELP | Bwisi |
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Bwisi (also spelled Ibwisi, Mbwisi) is a language spoken mainly in the Kibangou District (Niari Region) of the Republic of Congo, next to the Gabon border, where it is also spoken by a minority. According to the Ethnologue, approximately 4,250 people speak the language today worldwide.
References
- ^ Bwisi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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- Italics indicate extinct languages.
- Languages between parentheses are varieties of the language on their left.
- The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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