Beng | |
Nativename: | Ngain |
Region: | Ivory Coast |
Speakers: | 17,000 |
Date: | 1993 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam1: | Niger–Congo |
Fam2: | Mande |
Fam3: | Eastern Mande |
Fam4: | South(east)ern |
Fam5: | Nwa–Beng? |
Fam6: | Gban–Beng? |
Lc1: | nhb |
Ld1: | Beng |
Lc2: | gnj |
Ld2: | Ngen |
Glotto: | beng1291 |
Glottoname: | Bengic |
Beng or Ben is a Mande language of Ivory Coast. The Ngen dialect, perhaps a closely related language, is spelled various ways, including Gan, Ngain, Ngan, Ngen, Ngin, and Nguin.
Paperno describes Beng and Gbin as two primary branches of Southern Mande.