Mbere language

Spoken in

  • Niger - Congo languages Benue - Congo languages Bantoide languages Bantu languages Mbere

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Mbere (also Ambede, Limbede, Mbede and Mbete ) is a Bantu language and is spoken by approximately 105,900 members of the Ambede in the Republic of Congo and Gabon ( census 2000).

It is in the Republic of Congo in the region Cuvette -Ouest spread in the districts trowel and Ewo with about 60,400 speakers in Gabon and in the province of Haut - Ogooué with about 45,500 speakers.

Mbere is written in the Latin script.

Classification

Mbere is a Northwest Bantu language and belongs to Mbere group that is classified as Guthrie Zone B60.

It is related to the languages ​​Kaningi, Ndumu and Yangho, 77 % of the vocabulary has in common with the vocabulary of Ombamba, 76 % with that of Ngungwel, 74 % with the Teke - Tege and 70 % with the Teke - Tsaayi. Mbere has the dialect Ngwii.

Language family Mbete languages Malcolm Guthrie North Teke language West Teke language Kaning'i language Ndumu language Mbama language Yangho language
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