Bekwil language explained

Bekwel
States:Republic of Congo
Date:2003–2007 in Congo and Gabon
Ref:e18
Speakers2:unknown number in Cameroon
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Bantu (Zone A)
Fam5:Makaa–Njem + Kako (A.80–90)
Fam6:Ndzem–Bomwali
Fam7:Bekwilic
Iso3:bkw
Glotto:bekw1242
Glottorefname:Bekwil
Dia1:Nkonabeeb
Dia2:Bekwil
Guthrie:A.85a,b

Bekwel (Bekwil) is a Bantu language of the Republic of the Congo. There are some 10,000 speakers there, with a quarter that number across the border in Gabon, and perhaps a similar on the opposite side in Cameroon. It is rather close to Nzime (Koonzime).

Maho (2009) considers Nkonabeeb (Konabembe) to be a dialect of Bekwil rather than of Mpumpong.