Beembe

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A language of Congo

ISO 639-3
beq
Alternate Names
Bembe
Autonym
Kibeembe
User Population

100,000 (2007 census).

Location

Bouenza department: Mabgombo and Mouyondzi districts, Kingoué and Sibiti; Pool department: northwest of Brazzaville.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, H, Kikongo (H.11)
Dialects

Keenge (Kikeenge, Kinkeenge), Yari (Kiyari). Dialect subgroup.

Language Use

Used by all. Also use Kituba [mkw].

Language Development

Literature. Videos. Dictionary. NT: 2014.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Beembe
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Different from Bembe [bmb] of Democratic Republic of the Congo.