Kpwe language explained

Kpwe language should not be confused with Mboko language.

Kpwe
Nativename:Mokpwe
States:Cameroon
Ethnicity:Kpwe, Mboko
Speakers:25,000
Date:2000–2014
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Bantoid
Fam5:Bantu (Zone A)
Fam6:Sawabantu (A.20)
Dia1:Kole
Dia2:Mboko
Lc1:bri
Ld1:Kpwe
Lc2:bqm
Ld2:Mboko (Wumboko)
Lc3:kme
Ld3:Kole (Bakole)
Guthrie:A.21,22,231
Glotto:mokp1239
Glottoname:Mokpwe
Glotto2:wumb1241
Glottoname2:Wumboko
Glottorefname2:Wumboko-Bubia
Glotto3:bako1250
Glottoname3:Bakole
Elp:538
Elpname: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.