Beezen language

Spoken in

Niger - Congo

  • Atlantic - Congo Benue - Congo Jukunoide languages

Bnz

The language Beezen (ISO 639-3: bnz ) is a jukunoide and endangered Yukuben - Kutep language, which in Cameroon of only 450 people in the Northwest Region, particularly in the village of Kpep ( Beezen ), is spoken.

Within the jukunoiden languages ​​it bilet with 4 other languages ​​- Akum [ aku ] (Cameroon), Kapya [ loo ] ( nigerija ) Kutep [ kub ] ( nigerija ) and Yukuben [ ybl ] (Nigeria ) - the subgroup Yukuben - Kuteb.

Many Beezen spokesman can as a second language and the Jukun, but the trend is to teach and pass on the children's Cameroonian Pidgin English or the official language English.

Christof Beetz Language family Atlantic languages Akum language Kuteb language
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